Pamboukian (English, Robert Morris University) seeks to discover the ways in which questions about medical orthodoxy and quackery are framed and answered by 19th century authors, who were themselves patients and sometimes practitioners of medicine. Literary works examined include Frankenstein, Bleak House, Villette, Armadale, Vernon Galbray, and the works of Arthur Conan Doyle. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)