TY - JOUR T1 - Some perspectives on Chekhov’s short story <em>A Case History</em> JF - Medical Humanities JO - J Med Humanit SP - 11 LP - 13 DO - 10.1136/jmh.2004.000209 VL - 32 IS - 1 AU - J Niemi Y1 - 2006/06/01 UR - http://mh.bmj.com/content/32/1/11.abstract N2 - 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. ER -