John of Gaddesden

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John of Gaddesden

English physician

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John of Gaddesden, the model for the “doctour of physick” in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, was one of the English students there. That he relied upon astrology and upon the doctrine of the humors is evident from Chaucer’s description:
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John of Gaddesden, the model for the “doctour of physick” in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, was one of the English students there. That he relied upon astrology and upon the doctrine of the humors is evident from Chaucer’s description:
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