Word: pantagruel
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Rabelais is famous for his "Pantagruel" (three books) and his "Gargantua" He was a humanist and called a spade a spade; his motto was: 'Fais ce que voudras' or 'Do what damn please'--a fine dope to follow if you have a barrel of money, but for a poor guy it means prison inside of a week. Rabelais was an all 'round bad guy, didn't believe in God, and led a pretty fast life. His works show it, and they'd never do for a Girls' School, but would make a big hit with some college men I know...
Literature is therapeutic. First physician to prescribe reading for his patients was hearty Dr. Frangois Rabelais (Gargantua, Pantagruel) in about 1530. Now bibliotherapy is being studied carefully. Im- probable novels should be given tuberculous patients, so that they will not excite themselves by attempting to emulate what they read. Feverish or resting patients should not read...