The Physical and the Moral - Anthropology, Physiology, and Philosophical Medicine in France, 1750–1850

Sommario

List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Montpellier vitalism and the science of man; 2. Anthropological medicine and the medical revolution; 3. Medical politics under the restoration: the fragmentation of the science of man; 4. Decline and dispersal: the science of man, 1830-48; Epilogue; Index.

Riassunto

This book explores the tradition of the 'science of man' in French medicine of the era 1750–1850. Its chief purpose is to recover the history of a holistic tradition in French medicine that has been neglected because it lay outside the mainstream themes of modern medicine.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Elizabeth A. Williams, Williams Elizabeth A.
• Con la collaborazione di: Colin Jones (Editore), Charles Rosenberg (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 29.04.1994
• EAN: 9780521430678
• ISBN: 978-0-521-43067-8
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 21 mm
• Peso: 586 g
• Illustrazioni: 12 b/w illus., Raster, nicht spezifiziert
• Serie: Studies in Natural Language Pr; Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; MEDICAL / History, History of Medicine