Gourevitch Danielle
Med Secoli. 2010;22(1-3):361-76.
The paper examines Emile Zola's novel La joie de vivre (1884) and one of its main characters, the gout. A medical historian finds the novel extremely interesting. Many questions arise: did Zola know anybody affected by the gout? Had Zola direct contacts with doctors or medics? The interesting point is, some years before the publication of the novel, in 1859, Garrod had identified the cause of this disease in the abnormal production of uric acid. Garrod's researches, and especially his case histories, are likely to have influenced Zola, the novelist.
本文探讨了埃米尔·左拉的小说《生活的欢乐》（1884年）及其主要人物之一痛风。一位医学历史学家发现这部小说极其有趣。由此产生了许多问题：左拉是否认识痛风患者？左拉是否与医生或医务人员有直接接触？有趣的是，在这部小说出版的几年前，即1859年，加罗德就已确定尿酸异常生成是这种疾病的病因。加罗德的研究，尤其是他的病例记录，很可能对小说家左拉产生了影响。
