An examination of the ways in which late medieval lyric poetry can be seen to engage with contemporary medical theory.

Introduction: On Rhetoric and Remedy
The Love-Imprint
Medical Blindness, Rhetorical Insight
Irony, or the Therapeutics of Contraries
Metaphor as Experimental Medicine
Metonymy and Prosthesis
Blindfold Synecdoche
Epilogue. Just Words
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