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Axel Munthe

Born

in Oskarshamn, Sweden

October 31, 1857

Died

February 11, 1949

Genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction

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Physician, psychiatrist, and writer. He was educated at the University of Uppsala and at Monpellier in Paris where he received his M.D. He studied the work of the French neurologist Jean Martin Charcot and used hypnosis in his own work with the physical and psychological symptoms of his patients. He later became physician to the Swedish Royal family.

He became known as "the modern St. Francis of Assissi" because he financed sanctuaries for birds.

As a writer Munthe recounted his own experiences as a physician and psychiatrist. ...more

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	The Story of San Michele 4.18 avg rating — 4,842 ratings — published 1929 — 357 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memories and Vagaries 3.82 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 1888 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters From A Mourning City: Naples, Autumn, 1884 (1887) by Axel Munthe, Maude Valerie White (Translator) 4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2008 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Cross and Iron Cross 3.63 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1934 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Città Dolente it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brev och skisser it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1909 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. He can live without hope, without friends, without books, even without music, as long as he can listen to his own thoughts.”
― Axel Munthe

tags: self, solitude, thoughts

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“The wild, cruel beast is not behind the bars of the cage. He is in front of it.”
― Axel Munthe

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“What you keep to yourself you lose, what you give away, you keep forever.”
― Axel Munthe

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