Scott:
Quote:The illness which afflicted him in his early 20s, on the other hand, seems to be a combination of depression and tuberculosis, the latter reversing itself due to his living in an exceedingly healthy climate with a lot of exercise.
That's interesting. From what I've read (although I can't recall where), my impression is that the claim of tuberculosis was rather suspect. Is there any evidence of CAS's ever having been diagnosed as tubercular by a reputable physician? It's interesting, in any case, that both Lovecraft and CAS seemed to have suffered what we would call "breakdowns" of sorts in their youth, although Lovecraft's came earlier, I believe.