“Acquiers toy parfaicte cognoissance de l’aultre monde, qui est l’homme”: Rabelais, the History of Medicine, and Medical Humanism
This essay aims to demonstrate how knowledge of the human body is acquired and displayed in François Rabelais’s medical practice, letters, scholarly editions, and fictional works. It recognises the importance of the human body in the fictional works and focuses on how Rabelais uses his character...
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| description | This essay aims to demonstrate how knowledge of the human body
is acquired and displayed in François Rabelais’s medical practice,
letters, scholarly editions, and fictional works. It recognises the
importance of the human body in the fictional works and focuses
on how Rabelais uses his characters to respond to controversies in
Renaissance Europe over approaches to anatomy and pharmacognosy in different medical traditions. It also draws on evidence from his correspondence and from his editions of work by other scholars to show how for Rabelais, the ethos of medical humanism is one of tolerant, reasoned negotiation between disciplines, faiths, and eras, and that moderation is the foundation of health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1eb642a75f2c458e823629a2b7991a272022-12-22T02:34:53ZengThe University of Western AustraliaEssays in French Literature and Culture1835-70402021-10-0158121137“Acquiers toy parfaicte cognoissance de l’aultre monde, qui est l’homme”: Rabelais, the History of Medicine, and Medical HumanismAlison Williams0Swansea UniversityThis essay aims to demonstrate how knowledge of the human body is acquired and displayed in François Rabelais’s medical practice, letters, scholarly editions, and fictional works. It recognises the importance of the human body in the fictional works and focuses on how Rabelais uses his characters to respond to controversies in Renaissance Europe over approaches to anatomy and pharmacognosy in different medical traditions. It also draws on evidence from his correspondence and from his editions of work by other scholars to show how for Rabelais, the ethos of medical humanism is one of tolerant, reasoned negotiation between disciplines, faiths, and eras, and that moderation is the foundation of health.https://essaysinfrenchliteratureandculture.com/alison-williams-acquiers-toy-parfaicte-cognoissance-de-laultre-monde-qui-est-lhomme-rabelais-the-history-of-medicine-and-medical-humanism-essays-in-french/rabelaishistory of medicinemedical humanismanatomypharmacologyrenaissance |
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| title | “Acquiers toy parfaicte cognoissance de l’aultre monde, qui est l’homme”: Rabelais, the History of Medicine, and Medical Humanism |
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