Brahms and sleep apnea

LDuyer · Post by **LDuyer** » Sun May 08, 2005 8:27 am

Did sleep apnea afflict Johannes Brahms?

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/7505/46062

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Sun May 08, 2005 10:18 am

Sure seems like he did. Amazing. Thanks for the link, Linda!

LDuyer · Post by **LDuyer** » Sun May 08, 2005 12:09 pm

The article says:

"Dr. Mitchell mentions other characteristics suggestive of OSA, which I omit for their potentially demeaning effect."

What characteristics, pray tell, do you think he means?

Ann N. · Post by **Ann N.** » Sun May 08, 2005 7:18 pm

Thanks for the link. I thought that the following articles about OSA were also interesting.
Ann

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun May 08, 2005 7:41 pm

Ann N. wrote:Thanks for the link. I thought that the following articles about OSA were also interesting.
Ann

Actually, Ann, I hadn't seen those other articles until you pointed them out. So I went back and read a few. I had heard about the Dickens thing, but not about the Elephant Man. These were interesting too. Also, there's an interesting article on death during surgery involving OSA sufferers. Here are direct links to some of these:

About Phantom Death and the Elephant Man:
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/sleep_apnea/47165

About Dickens:
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/sleep_apnea/46600

About death during surgery:
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/sleep_apnea/48479

Linda,
who thanks Ann for point out what I had missed

LDuyer · Post by **LDuyer** » Sun May 08, 2005 7:42 pm

Oops. That was me. I had written that while logged out. Thanks again, Anne.

Linda