Parlor Wit
Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber
Saturday Night Live, Season 3: Episode 18
A woman brings her sick daughter to Theodoric the Barber for medical treatment. Theodoric tells the woman,
"You know, medicine is not an exact science, but we are learning all the time. Why, just fifty years ago, they thought a disease like your daughter's was caused by demonic possession or witchcraft. But nowadays we know that Isabelle is suffering from an imbalance of bodily humors, perhaps caused by a toad or a small dwarf living in her stomach."
The daughter dies, and her mother calls Theodoric a charlatan. Theodoric considers this:
"Wait a minute. Perhaps she's right. Perhaps I've been wrong to blindly follow the medical traditions and superstitions of past centuries. Maybe we barbers should test these assumptions analytically, through experimentation and a "scientific method". Maybe this scientific method could be extended to other fields of learning: the natural sciences, art, architecture, navigation. Perhaps I could lead the way to a new age, an age of rebirth, a Renaissance!...Naaaaaahhh!"
Next: Newt of Georgia, Medieval Prince
Saturday Night Live, Season 3: Episode 18
A woman brings her sick daughter to Theodoric the Barber for medical treatment. Theodoric tells the woman,
"You know, medicine is not an exact science, but we are learning all the time. Why, just fifty years ago, they thought a disease like your daughter's was caused by demonic possession or witchcraft. But nowadays we know that Isabelle is suffering from an imbalance of bodily humors, perhaps caused by a toad or a small dwarf living in her stomach."
The daughter dies, and her mother calls Theodoric a charlatan. Theodoric considers this:
"Wait a minute. Perhaps she's right. Perhaps I've been wrong to blindly follow the medical traditions and superstitions of past centuries. Maybe we barbers should test these assumptions analytically, through experimentation and a "scientific method". Maybe this scientific method could be extended to other fields of learning: the natural sciences, art, architecture, navigation. Perhaps I could lead the way to a new age, an age of rebirth, a Renaissance!...Naaaaaahhh!"
Next: Newt of Georgia, Medieval Prince
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