Word: realist
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...average of the rest. Mr. Dill's efforts to create atmosphere are at the same time overdone and stereotyped. His method is cumulative rather than selective, and for that reason he fails to convince. Mr. Sparks, though he is more successful, shows the disposition, frequent in the immature realist, to shock his reader by calling every spade a blasted shovel. In saying this I am aware that I am committing a sin which might be termed reviewer's overemphasis. For Mr. Sparks writes vividly and one does not forget what he says...
That Moliere disliked doctors is only too evident. He criticised the false elements of the contemporary science of medicine and, being a realist, he urged that the doctors were merely theorists, basing their cures on material found in books rather than on actual experience. He also had a number of personal reasons for his dislike of the medical profession and unprejudiced investigation only tends to show how Moliere's overwhelming charges undershot the mark. In the 17th century doctors were profoundly ignorant of many basic principles of their science and not only this, but they also were indignant...