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Very Good with no dust jacket. 0932269478. Light rub, ink price on front flyleaf, light wear. Solid trade paperback.; "The purpose of this study is to examine the context of Chaucer's physician-to bring into one volume a compendium of astrological and medical lore of the age and to explore a variety of scholarship as a source of reference for students of Chaucer and of other literature and social history."-Introduction. Contents: List of Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter I. Astrology as the Basis for Medieval Medicine; II. Treatments administered by the Medieval Physician; III. Medical Authorities with whose Works Chaucer's Physician was Familiar; IV. Fourteenth Century Attitudes toward Medicine; V. The Physician's Integrity: Enigmatic Inference; Conclusion; Notes; Index.; University Monograph Series; iii, 101 pages.