JOHN KEATS AS A MEDICAL STUDENT: A PHOTOGRAPHIC ITINERARY

John Keats (1795-1821), besides being the famous English poet, was a student of medicine at the United Hospitals in London. On the occasion of the bicentenary of his death, we would like to pay tribute to this versatile figure with a photographic itinerary of his medical life. This article, in connection with the project “Himetop – The History of Medicine Topographical Database”, retraces objects and places where the poet lived, studied, worked, and prematurely died, showing the importance of material culture. The photographic journey starts in London with the birthplace of the poet and continues through the places of his infancy and youth, the school in Enfield, the lodgings at 8 St. Thomas Street, the United Hospitals, etc. After giving up medicine to devote to poetry, the itinerary proceeds in the Hampstead and, as the ultimate destination, in Rome, where John Keats spent his last months of life due to tuberculosis. To conclude the path at the Protestant Cemetery in Rome, where he was buried, surrounded by grass and flowers. The material memories left by John Keats, as well as preserving his memory, take on a significant educational and inspirational role for everybody and, in particular, literary people and medical students.
Osim što je slavni engleski pjesnik, John Keats (1795. – 1821.) bio je i student medicine na londonskom sveučilištu. Fotografskim putopisom njegova medicinskog života želimo odati počast ovome svestranom čovjeku u povodu dvjestote obljetnice njegove smrti. Ovaj članak, u suradnji s projektom Himetop – topografska baza podataka povijesti medicine (eng. Himetop – The History  of Medicine Topographical Database) pokazuje važnost materijalne kulture prateći objekte i mjesta na kojima je pjesnik živio, studirao, radio i prerano umro. Ovo fotografsko putovanje počinje u Londonu, njegovu rodnome mjestu, i nastavlja put kroz mjesta njegova djetinjstva i mladosti – škola u Enfieldu, prebivalište na broju 8 Ulice St. Thomas, Ujedinjene bolnice itd. Nakon što je odustao od medicine kako bi se posvetio poeziji, putopis se nastavlja u Hampsteadu i vodi do Rima gdje je John Keats, zbog tuberkuloze, proveo posljednje mjesece svoga života. Putovanje završava na protestantskom groblju u Rimu gdje je pokopan okružen travom i cvijećem. Materijalne uspomene koje je ostavio, osim što čuvaju uspomenu na njega, imaju značajnu obrazovnu i inspirativnu ulogu za sve, a posebice za ljude koji se bave književnošću i studente medicine.