Acute Intermittent Porphyria
March 8, 2004 An educational item for Wayne State University Medical School has been constructed at the following site: http://www.med.wayne.edu/elab/vangogh/MainIndex.htm Key Words: Acute Intermittent Porphyria; Vincent van Gogh; History of the Neurosciences. The primary audience will be that medical school's first year students in biochemistry discussion sessions. My colleague at WSU, Dr. Robert Mitchell, believes that this program may have additional value as a primer on medical diagnosis and organized skepticism. The site will be connected with my paper, "The illness of Vincent van Gogh," after it appears this year in Journal of the History of the Neurosciences. We would appreciate comments and evaluations. Wilfred N. Arnold Ph.D. Professor of Biochemistry University of Kansas Medical Center Kansas City, KS 66160-7421 telephone work 913-588-7056 telephone home 913-722-1981 fax. 913-588-7440 Author of "Vincent van Gogh: Chemicals, Crises, and Creativity"