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By Sadie Stein Jan 25, 2011 2:48 PM

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Dead People Diagnosed After It Can Do Them Any Good

Scientists now think Chopin may have suffered from epilepsy. So, who else has been the posthumous non-beneficiary of retrospective diagnosis?

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