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Title: | Science mainly medical and literature mainly medieval |
Authors: | Beck, Richard J. |
Keywords: | Medicine, Medieval, in literature Literature, Medieval -- Appreciation Medicine, Medieval -- England Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Canterbury tales |
Issue Date: | 1967 |
Publisher: | The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette |
Citation: | Beck, R.J. (1967). Science mainly medical and literature mainly medieval. The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette, 2(1), 22-30. |
Abstract: | In the St. Luke`s Day Oration organised by the Malta Branch of the British Medical Association on the 18th October 1966, Prof. R.J. Beck discusses the relation between Science, from a medical theme perspective, and literature within a medieval context. Three aspects of the medieval medicine – the dependence on astronomy, the doctrine of the humours and the physiognomia are discussed. This oration mainly focuses on particular aspects of Geoffrey Chaucer’s specific literary works: Chaucer's portrait of the Doctor in the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales; The three principals in The Knight's Tale and The Man of Law`s Tale. Furthermore, captions from the book “Chaucer and the Medieval Sciences”, Clyde, W.C. (1960) are also outlined. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/12781 |
Appears in Collections: | TSLHG, Volume 2, Issue 1 TSLHG, Volume 2, Issue 1 |
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