Wednesday, Jul 16, 2014

Lewis Carroll (real name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) wrote the ALICE books under quite a handicap. He suffered from lumbago, arrhythmia, rheumatism, pleurisy, laryngitis, chronic bronchitis, neuralgia, constant diarrhea, boils, arthritis, regular toothaches, partial deafness, strange ongoing hallucinations, migraines, and a lifelong stammer. Small wonder he was a hardcore opium addict.