John of Arderne and Chaucer's Physician

Author / Editor
Whitaker, Elaine E.

Title
John of Arderne and Chaucer's Physician

Published
ANQ 8:1 (1995): 3-8.

Description
John of Arderne's contemporary treatise "Fistula in Ano" is a manual for the medieval physician. Comparison with it indicates that "Chaucer's physician commits malpractice."

Chaucer Subjects
Physician and His Tale.