Project Gutenberg 2020-02-07 Public domain in the USA. 289 Field, Benjamin Rush 1861 1935 01013069 Medical Thoughts of Shakespeare E-text prepared by Paul Marshall, Turgut Dincer, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Medical Thoughts of Shakespeare" by Benjamin Rush Field is a scholarly publication written in the late 19th century. The work explores the intersection of medicine and the literary genius of Shakespeare, analyzing various medical references and characters within his plays. It aims to highlight Shakespeare's understanding of medical practices and terminology through various citations from his works, providing insights into the medical knowledge of his time. At the start of the text, the author introduces the revised second edition, noting the expansion of content and the addition of new topics related to medicine, surgery, and pharmacology. The opening includes a preface that acknowledges the book's reception and outlines the chapters to follow, suggesting an organized analytical approach. Field begins discussing Shakespeare's portrayal of physicians in his plays and quotes lines showcasing the playwright’s grasp of medical concepts, setting the stage for a detailed investigation into Shakespeare’s medical insights throughout the ensuing chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Medicine in literature Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Medicine Literature and medicine -- England -- History -- 16th century Literature and medicine -- England -- History -- 17th century PR Text Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: Health & Medicine 285372 2025-09-24T09:45:55.689410 text/html 261440 2024-10-17T16:17:20 text/html 277009 2025-09-24T09:46:03.496324 application/epub+zip 278419 2025-09-24T09:45:57.273428 application/epub+zip 147094 2025-09-24T09:45:56.498392 application/epub+zip 380178 2025-09-24T09:46:06.995864 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 406464 2025-09-24T09:46:02.645391 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 275664 2022-09-27T17:54:11.227846 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 206982 2025-09-24T09:45:54.528390 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 187029 2024-10-17T16:17:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16721 2025-09-24T09:46:07.136817 application/rdf+xml 16153 2025-09-24T09:45:56.602426 image/jpeg 2534 2025-09-24T09:45:56.551370 image/jpeg 262200 2025-09-24T09:45:55.714402 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog