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Shakespeare and Anal Fistula

Postby dmcff » 01 Apr 2016, 05:34

From All's Well That Ends Well, Act I, scene 1:

BERTRAM
What is it, my good lord, the king languishes of?
LAFEU
A fistula, my lord.
BERTRAM
I heard not of it before.
LAFEU
I would it were not notorious.

According to this article abstract:

Textual and contextual evidence suggests that the French king's fistula, a central plot device in Shakespeare's play All's Well That Ends Well, is a fistula-in-ano. Anal fistula was known to the lay public in Shakespeare's time. In addition, Shakespeare may have known of the anal fistula treatise of John Arderne, an ancestor on Shakespeare's mother's side.
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Re: Shakespeare and Anal Fistula

Postby chachacha » 01 Apr 2016, 09:50

I know that anal issues are a very serious matter, but that is hilarious. Thanks for much for posting it.
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Re: Shakespeare and Anal Fistula

Postby dmcff » 01 Apr 2016, 09:56

If nothing else, I guess it shows that anal issues have been around for a very long time. And that solutions to them were as elusive back in Shakespeare's day as they seem to be now.
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Re: Shakespeare and Anal Fistula

Postby Canadabum » 01 Apr 2016, 21:53

Love this!!!!
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