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Much has been written about the chronic ill health of Charles Darwin, who, shortly after his epochal Beagle voyage, retreated to the country, where he lived out his life as a virtual recluse.
What was wrong with him? Panic disorder, according to psychiatrist Russell Noyes and radiologist Thomas J. Barloon of the University of Iowa College of Medicine in Iowa City, writing in the 8 January Journal of the American Medical Association. Darwin, born in...