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105 - Medical Practices

from Part XI - Medicine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2019

By
Todd H. J. Pettigrew
Edited by
Bruce R. Smith
Edited in association with
Katherine Rowe
With
Ton Hoenselaars ,
Akiko Kusunoki ,
Andrew Murphy  and
Aimara da Cunha Resende
Bruce R. Smith
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
Katherine Rowe
Affiliation:
Smith College, Massachusetts
Ton Hoenselaars
Affiliation:
Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Akiko Kusunoki
Affiliation:
Tokyo Woman’s Christian University, Japan
Andrew Murphy
Affiliation:
Trinity College Dublin
Aimara da Cunha Resende
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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apothecariesaurum potabilebloodlettingCollege of Physicians of Londoncommon remediescompoundsdietempiricsGalenHippocrateshot bathhumoral theoryhysteriathe king’s evilmelancholymadnessParacelsusParé, Ambroisephysiciansthe “pox”purgessurgeonssyphilistherapiesvomitwitchcraftwomenwounds
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The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare , pp. 811 - 815
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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Bentley, Greg. Shakespeare and the New Disease: The Dramatic Function of Syphilis in “Troilus and Cressida,” “Measure for Measure,” and “Timon of Athens.” New York: Peter Lang, 1989.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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