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Shakespeare and the practice of physic : medical narratives on the early modern English stage / Todd H. J. Pettigrew.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR3062 .P47 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pettigrew, Todd H. J., 1970-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Knowledge and learning--Medicine.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Medicine--England--History--16th century.
- Medicine.
- Medicine--England--History--17th century.
- Literature and medicine--England--History--16th century.
- Literature and medicine.
- History.
- England.
- Literature and medicine--England--History--17th century.
- Medicine in literature.
- Physicians in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 197 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Newark : University of Delaware Press, [2007]
- Contents:
- 1 Cymbeline's Question: An Introduction 13
- 2 Art that God Allows: Empirics 34
- 3 By Reason of His Place: Physicians 61
- 4 Unaccustomed Drams and Unconstant Propositions: Apothecaries and Beneficed Practitioners 92
- 5 Not So Base: Surgeons 123
- 6 Virtue and Cunning: Magical Healers 139
- 7 The Great Infamy of Physic: A Conclusion 151
- Afterword: Bad Medicine 162.
- Notes:
- 2004 winner Jay L. Halio Prize in Shakespeare and Early Modern Studies.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-193) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0874139511
- 9780874139518
- OCLC:
- 67392674
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