John Keats and Suffering
(Content warning human dissection) In my first week as a nineteen-year-old medical student, I had to dissect a body. I'd never even been to a funeral.
John Keats Becomes an Apprentice
In the early 19th century many boys left school at 14 or earlier to start apprenticeships and Keats was no different
Physicians, Surgeons and Apothecaries
When I trained as a doctor there was a definite hierarchy in the profession.