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The Genome and Beethoven’s Liver Disease

by williamrheameredith

Lithograph after a drawing by Joseph Danhauser of Beethoven on his deathbed (with the permission of the Beethoven-Haus, Bonn)

Preface by William Meredith One of the most important mysteries in Beethoven’s biography has been what caused his death from liver failure and kidney disease. …