Physicians Turned Literary Figures

Physicians Turned Literary Figures

An apple a day keeps writerly ambition at bay? Nope, that's not a saying.

Many medical doctors have gone on to figure prominently in the literary world. Which of the following authors were also physicians?

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DID YOU KNOW? Marlon Brando hated memorizing lines so much that he posted cue cards everywhere to help him get through scenes. He even asked for lines to be written on an actress's posterior. (That request was denied.)