If you have nocturnal (nighttime) leg cramps, your doctor might prescribe quinine (Qualaquin)-even though the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved it for only one purpose: to treat malaria (although doctors can legally prescribe most medications for any type of treatment they deem appropriate).
The Canterbury Tales (Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury) is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer.In 1386 Chaucer became Controller of Customs and Justice of peace and then three years later in 1389 Clerk of the King's work.he Canterbury Tales were far from complete at the end of Chaucer's life. In the General Prologue, some thirty pilgrims are introduced. Chaucer's intention was to write two stories from the perspective of each pilgrim on the way to and from their ultimate destination, St. Thomas Becket's shrine.
Illuminated manuscript of the prologue to 'The Canterbury Tales' Â© Chaucer was the first great poet writing in English, whose best-known work is 'The Canterbury Tales'.Geoffrey Chaucer was born between 1340 and 1345, probably in London. His father was a prosperous wine merchant.n 1387, he began his most famous work, 'The Canterbury Tales', in which a diverse group of people recount stories to pass the time on a pilgrimage to Canterbury. Chaucer disappears from the historical record in 1400, and is thought to have died soon after. He was buried in Westminster Abbey.