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It looks like this ended up being merged into Death of Beethoven which is fine, but poor old Dr. Madden doesn't seem to be mentioned, which is a shame. Admittedly it was a pointy topic but Madden does describe his various parenchymal viscera in a rather cold-hearted manner which I find amusing, he doesn't mention that Beethoven wrote 9 symphonies 42 violin concerti and god knows how many other fiddly bits on demand, while going deaf and having a nagging wife. The best bit is at the end where Madden states "Had he not been so fond of alcohol, he may have gone on to do great things." It is quite right that it went, but it is a pity at the new target it does not have a reference to Madden in the Journal of Alcoholism (a publication to which I think I should get a free trade copy). Si Trew (talk) 09:21, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
It does now since I added a short para at Death of Beethoven. I don't want to give it undue prominence of course, but it is a bit of a classic piece and some readers might want to look for it and be pointed towards it; it is reliably sourced from a learned journal and a notable newspaper as secondary sources; it was WP:POINTy in the first place I admit, cos I am fed up with Esperantists trying to turn everything into Esperanto (that is what Esperanto Wikipedia is for), but I did research and I did find reliable, secondary sources and since most editors don't seem to bother with that at all I think it is quite right he gets a brief para. To me it's rather notable that on the 150th anniversary of Beethoven's death a doctor gives Beethoven a post-mortem analysis; it is an odd kind of tribute. Si Trew (talk) 10:13, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
Thanks
Thanks for catching my mistake at Hyperforeignism. Looks like I should have read the article a little more carefully!
