Category Archives: Shakespeare on Health Care

War on Health

Trust not the physician. His antidotes are poison and he slays more than you rob. (Timon of Athens, act 4, sc. 3) Medicine and religion share much of their structure of belief. To quote the inimitable George Carlin, “Religion has actually convinced people that there is an invisible man, living in the sky, who watches Read More

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French Fries & Strange Flesh

Knowing that flattery is the infantry of negotiations, Octavian, on meeting Antony after a long time, starts the conversation by recounting, for the benefit of the audience, one of Antony’s feats, the fame of which reached even Rome, “…on the Alps It is reported thou didst eat strange flesh, Which some did die to look Read More

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Shakespeare and the Marijuana Refugees to Colorado

“Within the infant rind of this small flower Poison hath residence and medicine power.” (Romeo and Juliet, act 2, sc. 3 Having never partaken of the substance in question, I feel entitled to express an opinion, based on what I read and researched on the subject. Beginning last year, over 100 families have moved to Read More

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Shakespeare and McDonald in Vietnam

“…on the Alps It is reported thou didst eat strange flesh, Which some did die to look on …” (Antony and Cleopatra, act 1, sc. 4) The corporate US media reported, with thinly disguised pride, that the McDonald franchise has now entered Vietnam. The implied narrative can be condensed as follow,

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Shakespeare, Nostalgia, a Tiramisu and an Italian Restaurant

“… dainty bits Make rich the ribs, but bankrupt quite the wits.” (Love’s Labours Lost, act 1, sc. 1) Amidst the mist of business, war and folly, compounded in the subjects of recent articles, the following  “news, which is indeed true, may be so like an old tale that the importance of it is in Read More

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Shakespeare, America and the Superbowl

“Mad I call it; for, to define true madness, What is ‘t but to be nothing else but mad? But let that go.” (Hamlet, act 2, sc. 2) This article may irritate or alienate some American Internauts who regularly visit this site. If so, I am sorry but the information is based on publicly available Read More

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Shakespeare and the Side Effects of Medicines

“And thou, too careless patient as thou art, Commit’st thy anointed body to the cure Of those physicians that first wounded thee” (King Richard II, act 2, sc. 1) Weary with toil, I hastened to my arm-chair, the just repose for a somewhat tired mind, and, on activating the remote, I inadvertently landed on a Read More

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Shakespeare, Health Care, Doctors and ADHD

“And thou, too careless patient as thou art, Commit’st thy anointed body to the cure Of those physicians that first wounded thee” (King Richard II, act 2, sc. 1) Call it suspension of disbelief, or rather suspension of belief. But disbelief is called for when, on sundry TV snippets, dedicated to health, we listen to Read More

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Shakespeare, Health Care and the Limits of Medicine

Whom worse than a physician Would this report become? But I consider, By medicine life may be prolong’d, yet death Will seize the doctor too. Cymbeline, act 5, sc. 5 For ordinary citizens it is difficult to understand the issues surrounding the so-called Obamacare plan, legislation or reform, however we may want to call it. Read More

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Shakespeare & Healthful Environments

“This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle senses.” (Macbeth act 1, sc. 6) Two weeks without an entry… Thanks to the “Your Daily Shakespeare” site followers who emailed me questioning the unusually long hiatus. But….”There is occasions and causes why and wherefore in all things”, as Read More

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