Poor Beethoven had a formidable adversary all his life: his own health<\/a>. Among the many-many symptoms and illnesses he had, one sticks out as especially scary.<\/p>\n
In 1807 he wrote his playwright friend Heinrich Collin<\/a>, \u201cMy colic is better, but my poor finger had to undergo a drastic nail operation. When I wrote to you yesterday it looked very angry. Today it is quite limp with pain.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
This \u201cdrastic nail operation\u201d<\/i> is mentioned again in a letter from Stephan von Breuning to Wegeler<\/a>, written in March, 1808: \u201cBeethoven came near losing a finger by a Panaritium [felon], but he is again in good health. He escaped a great misfortune, which, added to his deafness, would have completely ruined his good humor, which, as it is, is of rare occurrence.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
Poor Beethoven had a formidable adversary all his life: his own health. Among the many-many symptoms and illnesses he had, one sticks out as especially scary. In 1807 he wrote his playwright friend Heinrich Collin, \u201cMy colic is better, but my poor finger had to undergo a drastic nail operation. When I wrote to you yesterday it looked very angry. … <\/p>\n
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