Medicine and Kindred Arts in the Plays of Shakespeare (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Medicine and Kindred Arts in the Plays of Shakespeare The late Dr. John Moyes presented his Thesis for the Doctorate of Medicine to Glasgow University in 1886; it was entitled "Medicine and its Kindred Arts in the Plays of Shakespeare." He had worked at the subject for years, but after the completion of the thesis, when he contemplated publishing it, he tried, if possible, to make it better. Professor Gairdner, to whom he had arranged, just before his death, to dedicate this little work, had himself read the manuscript, and had suggested that it should be revised by some recognized Shakespearean scholar; he named an old fellow student of his own, the late Dr. Brinsley Nicholson, as one who had the requisite qualifications for the work, and, at Professor Gairdner's request, that gentleman undertook the task. Numerous annotations in pencil showed the care and the knowledge he brought to bear on the subject, - knowledge both of the Shakespearean writings and of the medicine of that time. It was some guarantee of the value of this thesis that it came out of such a revision so well. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.