RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Some perspectives on Chekhov’s short story A Case History JF Medical Humanities JO J Med Humanit FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics SP 11 OP 13 DO 10.1136/jmh.2004.000209 VO 32 IS 1 A1 J Niemi YR 2006 UL http://mh.bmj.com/content/32/1/11.abstract AB The Russian writer and physician Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) draws on his clinical experience in many of his stories. One of his later masterpieces entitled A Case History (1898) depicts a physician’s visit to a small industrial community where a wealthy young woman is suffering from diffuse symptoms. The physician, Dr Koryolov, meets the patient and makes a diagnosis. While staying on the estate overnight he also analyses the patient’s relation to her living conditions.