MEDICINE AND LITERARY ROMANTICISM
MEDICINE AND LITERARY ROMANTICISM

Summary/Abstract: The present article is aimed at drawing a parallel between two seemingly separate fields: medicine and literature. The two do not exclude each other, on the contrary, they complement happily. The representatives of medicine, with obvious erudition, have been, throughout the history of humanity, some of the important initiators of the understanding of life in its various forms: scientific, artistic, aesthetic, etc. The human being, examined both physically and spiritually, needs a broad approach that combines several sciences. It is the art of healing that has, since ancient times, succeeded in leading to a deeper perception of man. The present study is an interdisciplinary attempt to connect the study of literature with medicine. In this paper we aim to analyze personalities of the medical world who, loving aesthetic values, have left the narrow world of science, managing to become creators of works of art and literature with a strong impact on culture. The present study is an interdisciplinary approach which connects the study of literature with the one of medicine.

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