Black-and-white pepper: unravelling Cruella De Vil's medical diagnoses

Laura D'Acunto; Francesco Brigo

doi:10.1111/imj.16551

Black-and-white pepper: unravelling Cruella De Vil's medical diagnoses

Laura D'Acunto, Francesco Brigo

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Abstract

Cruella De Vil, the iconic character from Dodie Smith's novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians, was traditionally viewed through a psychodynamic lens as a figure embodying narcissistic personality disorder, psychosis and mania. In this article, we propose an alternative hypothesis that her erratic behaviour and distinctive physical appearance may be attributed to a chronic systemic condition.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2054-2056
Number of pages	3
Journal	INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL
Volume	54
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.16551
Publication status	Published - Dec 2024

Keywords

Humans
Famous Persons
Personality Disorders/diagnosis
Bipolar Disorder/diagnosis
Medicine in Literature/history

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Black-and-white pepper: unravelling Cruella De Vil's medical diagnoses

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