[Sca-cooks] humoral theory references in music and lit et al

[Tara Sersen Boroson]

I'd love a copy of your handout when you're finished with it!

Thank you  :)
-Magdalena

Gaylin Walli wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Dame Hauviette d'Anjou and I were asked if we would teach a class on 
> humoral theory and feast preparation at Middle Kingdom Coronation, 
> this coming September's end. We have numerous references we're working 
> with from sources like Galen, Avicenna, the Tacuinum Sanitatis, 
> Hipocrates, and others of the same ilk. What we could use help with 
> are references in some of the more literary sources, like poems and 
> music, Shakespeare (that great scene between Petrucccio and Katharine, 
> perhaps), or other such works. Do you know of some? Would you be 
> willing to share? Any leads would be helpful here, especially if 
> they're somewhere we've not thought of!
>
> Iasmin