{"id":4126,"date":"2020-04-22T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/?p=4126"},"modified":"2020-05-22T12:04:12","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T16:04:12","slug":"health-a-poem-by-the-physician-poet-edward-baynard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/?p=4126","title":{"rendered":"Health: A Poem by the Physician Poet Edward Baynard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Title Page: Health: A Poem by Edward Baynard.<\/p><\/div>\n

Celebrate National Poetry Month with a selection from Historical Collections.\u00a0 Throughout history poetry and medicine are often intertwined and lists of poet-physicians abound.\u00a0 Physicians have used poetry to heal themselves and their patients, to process the unexpected nature of life and health, and to teach.<\/p>\n

In Health, A Poem, <\/em>Dr. Edward Baynard, a seventeenth century poet and physician, uses poetry to teach.\u00a0 He explains in an understandable\u2014at least to someone in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries\u2014tone the manner in which to live a long, prosperous life.\u00a0 First published in 1719, the poem as well as the preface and the appendix poem, The Doctor\u2019s Decade<\/em>, was republished nine times between 1719 and 1764.\u00a0 Perhaps, what made the volume so popular was that it was written in verse and easy for readers to relate to and understand rather than highly technical.\u00a0 Publishing health advice in a poem allowed Dr. Baynard to reach a greater number of people than he would have otherwise.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Excerpt from the Preface of Health: A Poem.<\/p><\/div>\n

In the preface of the poem, Dr. Baynard warns against the dangers of drinking and advises temperance.\u00a0 In the main poem general advice on maintaining a healthy lifestyle is given.\u00a0 Advice includes eating the proper food and in controlled amounts, sleeping regularly but not being lazy, avoiding alcohol and drinking plenty of water, and wearing the proper attire for the weather and climate.\u00a0 The final poem, describes what a doctor can do to cure his patients and how best to communicate with them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Dr. Edward Baynard, was born in Preston, Lancashire in 1641.\u00a0 In 1671 he studied Medicine at the University of Leyden and became an Honorary Fellow of the College of Physicians of London in 1684 and a Fellow in 1687.\u00a0 In addition to his Health poem he wrote about the healing powers of the waters and spas in Bath.\u00a0 He wrote his poem under the pseudonym Darby Dawne.\u00a0 He died in 1719.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Celebrate National Poetry Month by reading Health: A Poem<\/a> in the UMB Digital Archive.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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References<\/sub>:<\/p>\n

Lawlor, Clark\u00a0and Ashleigh Blackwood. (2020). \u201cSleep and stress management in Enlightenment literature and poetry.\u201d Interface Focus. <\/em>Retrieved from: http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rsfs.2019.0089<\/a>.<\/sub><\/p>\n

Stephen, Leslie. (1885-1990). Dictionary of National Biography<\/em>. Macmillan, NY.\u00a0 Retrieved from: https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/dictionaryofnati03stepuoft\/page\/n465\/mode\/2up\/<\/a><\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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