Explores the connection between medicine and gothic literature examining disease, psychiatry and supernatural in the nineteenth century.
Fiona Subotsky, Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, has held the posts of Medical Director of the Maudsley Hospital in London, Honorary Treasurer and Honorary Archivist of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and President of the Medical Women's Federation. Apart from her professional achievements she has had a long-standing interest in history and literature and their medical connections, and has written and lectured extensively on related topics.