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The medical mind of Shakespeare / Aubrey C. Kail.

Title
The medical mind of Shakespeare / Aubrey C. Kail.
Author
Kail, Aubrey C.
Publication
Balgowlah, NSW : Williams & Wilkins, ADIS Pty, 1986.

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Description
320 p., [25] p. of plates : ill., ports.
Subject
  • Shakespeare, William
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Medicine
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
  • 1500-1699
  • Medicine in Literature
  • Medicine in literature > History > 16th century
  • Medicine in literature > History > 17th century
Genre/Form
  • History
  • History.
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 299-300.
Indexed In (note)
  • Garrison-Morton (5th ed.)
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Shakespeare's physicians -- Mental illness -- The madness of Lear, Hamlet, & Timon -- Venereal disease--'the pox' -- Shakespeare's epileptics -- Pregnancy & childbirth -- On sacks & sherris -- Drugs, herbs & poisons -- The elements & the humours -- 'Life's a miracle' -- Geriatrics -- 'The undiscover'd country' -- The special senses -- The sovereign thrones -- Clinical descriptions -- Various diseases -- Therapeutics -- Sex in Shakespeare -- Wounds & surgeons -- Family history.
ISBN
0864330138
OCLC
17506661
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library