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Psychiatric Bulletin (2001) 25: 118. doi: 10.1192/pb.25.3.118-a
© 2001 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
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Psychiatric Bulletin (2001) 25: 118
© 2001 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Correspondence

Shakespeare and beef

Peter Childs, Consultant Psychiatrist

Department of Psychiatry, Royal South Hants Hospital, Graham Road, Southampton SO14 0YG

Sir: Given the current topicality of concerns about the safety or otherwise of beef, both in this country and in continental Europe, I was most interested to note the following exchange between Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Sir Toby Belch in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (Act I, Scene III):

Sir Toby: O knight, thou lack'st a cup of canary! When did I see thee so put down?

Sir Andrew: Never in your life, I think; unless you see canary put me down. Methinks sometimes I have no more wit than a Christian or an ordinary man has; but I am a great eater of beef, and I believe that does harm to my wit. Sir Toby: No question.

I have always been an admirer of Shakespeare's descriptions of medical and psychiatric conditions, but can it be that in this case, as in so many others, he has once again exhibited remarkable prescience?





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