What was really wrong with Beethoven?
While it's widely known that Ludwig van Beethoven suffered hearing loss, few people are aware of how that affected him, what might have caused it, and the fact that he was dealing with a number of other unpleasant ailments – in fact he enlisted a total of 14 physicians to try to help him.
In Radio 3's Dissecting Beethoven, with the help of a worldwide group of physicians, Georgia Mann and eminent neurosurgeon Henry Marsh reach down 250 years to Beethoven's birth, to try and solve the puzzle of the composer's numerous health problems, and how they affected the man and his music.