Summary of Norman Cousins's Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 I had a close friend, Dr. William Hitzig, who was a physician at the hospital I was in. He knew of my interest in medical matters, and he was candid with me about my case. He said there was no agreement on a precise diagnosis, but that I was suffering from a serious collagen illness. #2 I thought about the sequence of events leading up to my illness. I had gone to the Soviet Union in July 1964 as chairman of a