Romantic medicine and John Keats
by hermione de almeida
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Using original research in scientific treatises, philosophical manuscripts, and political documents, this pioneering study describes the neglected era of revolutionary medicine in Europe through the writings of the English poet and physician, John Keats. De Almeida explores the four primary concerns of Romantic medicine--the physician's task, the meaning of life, the prescription of disease and health, and the evolution of matter and mind--and reveals their expression in Keats's poetry and show more thought. By delineating a distinct but unknown era in the history of medicine, charting the poet's milieu show lessTags
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Hermione de Almeida is Walter Professor Emerita of English and comparative literature at the University of Tulsa.
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