Shakespeare, Medicine and Psychiatry: An Historical Study in Criticism and InterpretationDonated by Sydney Harris. |
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... probably go on and on quoting references of this character . Is it any wonder that Shakespeare used the terms " rivers of . . . blood " ? Can there be any question as to what he meant ? Why , it was one of the commonest similitudes of ...
... probably go on and on quoting references of this character . Is it any wonder that Shakespeare used the terms " rivers of . . . blood " ? Can there be any question as to what he meant ? Why , it was one of the commonest similitudes of ...
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... probably saw and heard him . He undoubtedly knew of the controversy of the physicians and probably looked at it with the amusement expected of a layman . It certainly could not add to his already low general opinion of the medical ...
... probably saw and heard him . He undoubtedly knew of the controversy of the physicians and probably looked at it with the amusement expected of a layman . It certainly could not add to his already low general opinion of the medical ...
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... probably saw more lesions of syphilis , especially of the terrible types , in one week than the average physician today sees in a lifetime of practice . And there was probably more craniotabes in London of Shakespeare's day than in the ...
... probably saw more lesions of syphilis , especially of the terrible types , in one week than the average physician today sees in a lifetime of practice . And there was probably more craniotabes in London of Shakespeare's day than in the ...
Contents
The Attitude of Critical Opinion on Shakespeares | 10 |
The Attitude of the Medical Commentators | 28 |
Shakespeare Harvey and the Circulation of | 34 |
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