Shakespeare and the practice of physic : medical narratives on the early modern English stage
"This book is the first broad study of the literary impact of the formation of the College of Physicians of London in the early sixteenth century; that momentous event redefined and renewed the long-standing conflict between university-trained physicians and the wide variety of other healers who had long competed for patients in England. Going beyond the usual questions posed about Shakespeare and medicine, this study explores Shakespeare's response to the early modern struggle for control of English medical practice."--Jacket
History
197 pages ; 24 cm
9780874139518, 0874139511
67392674
Cymbeline's question : an introduction
Art that God allows : empirics
By reason of his place : physicians
Unaccustomed drams and unconstant propositions : apothecaries and beneficed practitioners
Not so base : surgeons
Virtue and cunning : magical healers
The great infamy of physic : a conclusion
Afterword : bad medicine
2004 winner Jay L. Halio Prize in Shakespeare and Early Modern Studies