The author evokes Molière's works and analyses the play Le Malade Imaginaire in which Molière ill-treated the physicians. Through Galen's work and medical education during the 17th, he asserts that Argan was not a hypochondriac but suffered from bilious humour described by Galen, and Dr Purgon and Mr Fleurant were not thieves but decent and conscientious practitioners while both Diafoirus were not ignorant clowns as they spoke according to the medical education of their masters. The author makes the assumption that Molière too suffered from melancholia and held a tremendous grudge against medical doctors for not having cured him.
