Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026
The physician in literature, edited by Norman Cousins.
Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders, 1982.
Sections are devoted to research and serendipity, the role of the physician, quacks and clowns, clinical descriptions in literature, doctors and students, the practice, women and healing, madness, dying, and the patient, among others. The authors include Auden, Bellow, Dickens, Doyle, Fitzgerald, Flaubert, Goethe, Holmes, Keats, Mann, Maugham, Melville, Orwell, Schweitzer, Shakespeare, Shaw, Tolstoy, Twain, Williams, and Zinsser, etc.
| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
|---|---|
| Entry Number | #10816 |
| Permanent Link | https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/13012 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | the-physician-in-literature |
Geographic Context
Publication place: Philadelphia