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MEDICAL THOUGHTS
OF
SHAKESPEARE.

By B. RUSH FIELD, M. D.,

MEMBER OF THE SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY
OF NEW YORK.

SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED.

EASTON, PA.:
ANDREWS & CLIFTON, PUBLISHERS.
1885.

TO THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.

PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.

The occasion is taken to acknowledge the kind consideration that thefirst edition of this little work has received. This edition appearsin a thoroughly revised and much enlarged form; to what extent, may bejudged by the fact that chapters on The Physician, Surgery, Physiology,Anatomy and Pharmacy have been added, together with many allusions tothe other medical subjects, making an increase of over four hundredquotations. It has been impossible to resist the temptation of addinga few medical thoughts from other authors, which will be found undertheir appropriate heads. The labor necessary to accomplish this hasnot interfered in any way with professional duties; it being a taskentirely of the leisure hours of the night.

Easton, Pennsylvania, June, 1885.

CONTENTS.