The First Medical Practitioners in English Drama: Medical Knowledge and Quackery in “The Play of the Sacrament” and in John Heywood’s “The Foure PP”
Mayster Brendiche of Braban in the anonymous Play of the Sacrament and the Poticary in John Heywood’s The Foure PP are the first medical practitioners in English drama. The article studies both characters in the light of early modern medical science in order to stress the relationship between medici...
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| Language: | English |
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LED - Edizioni Universitarie di Lettere Economia Diritto
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Linguae &: Rivista di Lingue e Culture Moderne |
| Online Access: | http://www.ledonline.it/index.php/linguae/article/view/283 |