The Moon and Medicine in Chaucer's Time

Author / Editor
Braswell, Laurel.

Title
The Moon and Medicine in Chaucer's Time

Published
Studies in the Age of Chaucer 8 (1986): 145-56.

Description
A survey of medieval medical documents indicates that GP's Physician conforms accurately to expected medical practice; the astronomical position and astrological meaning of the moon provide a basis for medieval medical theory and practice.

Chaucer Subjects
Physician and His Tale.