Conway, Anne

secondary literature · 1887

type:secondary literature

year:1887

citation:[T. C.] "Conway, Anne." In Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 12 (Conder-Craigie), edited by Leslie Stephen, 74. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1887.

LINK

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Conway,_Anne

SUMMARY

The Dictionary of National Biography's original (1887) entry on Anne, Viscountess Conway, fetched directly from its Wikisource transcription. Confirmed detail used in this case, quoted directly from the fetched page: the entry states Greatrakes 'exerted his art upon her in vain,' i.e. failed to cure her lifelong severe headaches. Also used for background: the entry records a severe headache 'which never left her, night or day, till her death,' and that she tried numerous other remedies (including a declined operation in France) before and after Greatrakes's attempt.

NOTES

Fetched directly (2026-07-20) from the Wikisource transcription of the original Dictionary of National Biography (1885-1900), volume 12, article “Conway, Anne,” signed “T. C.” Corroborated by the separately cited modern medical-history article on the same case (Owen 1937, “The Famous Case of Lady Anne Conway”).