The Astrological Medicine of Chaucer's Physician and Nicholas of Lynn's 'Kalendarium'

Author / Editor
Benson, C. David.

Title
The Astrological Medicine of Chaucer's Physician and Nicholas of Lynn's 'Kalendarium'

Published
American Notes and Queries 22 (1984): 62-66.

Description
The Physician's being "grounded in astronomye," i.e., astrology, is not a slighting gibe at his abilities. The publication of Nicholas of Lynn's "Kalendarium" (ed. Sigmund Eisner, Chaucer Library) offers "convincing evidence that Chaucer intended no satire in his account of the Doctor's astrological medicine."

Chaucer Subjects
Physician and His Tale.