Stomach churning condition, with little respite

By Linda McSweeny
Updated December 5 2012 - 7:08am, first published 7:03am

THE English novelist Charlotte Bronte died an awful death in 1855. Faint, exhausted and a slave to incessant nausea and vomiting for months, the fragile writer was unable to stomach food and water despite wearily trying to summon strength.

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