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Village wizards in the 16, 17th centuries were the solution-providers for the people in trouble. People wanted to get some help from their ‘wisdom’ and ‘art.’ A wizard meant a man of wisdom. They fixed diverse problems and specially healed the sick with medical activities. Typically they prescribed some charms or prayers, and simple herbs taken with holy water. In their treatment, prayers were main ingredients, and physic rather secondary. Shakespeare’s medical characters have the respects of magicians. “Doctor She” Helena heals French King’s fatal illness within only two days. Friar Laurence’s potion awakes Juliet from a “like death” for “two and forty hours.” Dr. Pinch is a conjuror of “the fiend.” Their actions could bring up the image of the wizards in villages to the audience. Juliet and Romeo always run to Friar for the solution, and each time he gives them a “remedy.” Helena’s prayer becomes an incantation, which fascinates the king to venture his life on the young woman’s hand. Treating his patient on the stage, Dr. Pinch realized the contemporary doctor of London. His caricatured look reflected the doubts and contempts for quack doctors. Unlike other two, he can’t get the approval of the authorities.
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Medicals(n.), village wizards, magicians, “Doctor She” Helena, Dr. Pinch, Friar Laurence
