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“Acquiers toy parfaicte cognoissance de l'aultre monde, qui est l'homme”: Rabelais, the history of medicine, and medical humanism
Alison Williams
Essays in French Literature and Culture, Volume: 58, Pages: 121 - 137
Swansea University Author: Alison Williams
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This essay aims to demonstrate how knowledge of the human body is acquired and displayed in François Rabelais’s medical practice, letters, scholarly editions, and fictional works. It recognises the importance of the human body in the fictional works, and focuses on how Rabelais uses his characters t...
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