Word: aphasia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...standards of mercy, Jane deserved a quick and early death. In 1957, at the age of 40, she suffered a stroke that cruelly afflicted her with aphasia - the in ability to write or grasp the meaning of some of the simplest words. One of her doctors said of Jane's illness: "If you were to devise how best to undermine the mind of a writer, you couldn't think of a better means than this." She lingered on through cycles of recovery and deterioration for over 15 years, witnessing the success of Paul as a novelist - not missing...