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The Physicians of Myddfai (Welsh: Meddygon Myddfai) were, according to local folklore, a succession of physicians who lived in the parish of Myddfai in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The folklore places their first appearance in the 13th century, when Rhiwallon the Physician and his three sons were doctors to Rhys Gryg, prince of Deheubarth.
He also translated Meddygon Myddfai, the Physicians of Myddfai, published by the Welsh MSS. Society in 1864. Four of Buddug's brothers were physicians, three of whom - John Eliot Howard (died 1880), Rheinallt Navalaw, Taliesin William Owen (died 1893) - practised at Liverpool, and David Roberts (died 1885), who lived in Montgomeryshire. [3]
According to folklore, the Physicians of Myddfai practised in the area in the 13th century. The Bank of the Black Ox, one of the first Welsh banks, was established by a wealthy cattle drover. The original bank building was part of the King's Head Inn. It later became part of Lloyds Bank. [2] The population in 1841 was 1,709. [3]
He translated from mediaeval Welsh The Physicians of Myddfai - Cures and Remedies of the Medieval World. In 2002, Stephens wrote of Breverton's 100 Great Welshmen and 100 Great Welsh Women in the Western Mail Magazine; "both are really extraordinary achievements by a single author whose industry and enterprise seem to show no bounds."
St Michael's Church, Myddfai is a grade I listed building. [4]Myddfai Community Hall and Visitor Centre [5] is one of the main attractions in Myddfai with a gift shop offering plenty of art and crafts by local artists and contributors, a café serving hot drinks and homemade cakes and a large hall and meeting room offering facilities for weddings, events and local community events.
Doctors’ groups and the government have been squabbling over a government plan to increase the number of medical school admissions by 2,000, starting from next year. ...
Since February, more than 12,000 trainee doctors have been on strike in a deepening standoff with government officials, who want to grow the country’s number of doctors by up to 10,000 by 2035.
The Doctor of Myddfai is an opera in two acts composed by Peter Maxwell Davies to a libretto by David Pountney.The work premiered at the New Theatre in Cardiff on 5 June 1996, performed by the Welsh National Opera and conducted by Richard Armstrong.