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Zusatztext he has researched the subject so thoroughly that he has become the world authority on the subject ... For the serious student this book will be a mine of information! often presented quantitively. As a study of the Academy of Medicine! it will be the standard work for a long time to come. Klappentext This wide-ranging and imaginative book examines the social and scientific role of the French Academy of Medicine from its creation in 1820 to the outbreak of the Second World War. Weisz traces the Academy's history, and argues that it was gradually transformed from a low-status public institution that was central to French medical science in the nineteenth century, to an 'establishment' institution largely irrelevant to medical science, but playing a key role in public health policy. The second part of the book looks at broader issues of medical history, and shows how a scientific study of mineral waters led to the formation of disciplines within medical science. The final part examines the place and role of the medical elite - the Medical Mandarins - within French bourgeoisie. This book utilizes academic activities and sources to explore such major questions in the social and scientific history of medicine as the nature of therapeutic reasoning, the scientific specificity of French medicine, and the consequences for the medical profession of hierarchical centralization. Zusammenfassung This wide-ranging and imaginative book examines the social and scientific role of the French Academy of Medicine from its creation in 1820 to the outbreak of the Second World War. Weisz traces the Academy's history, and argues that it was gradually transformed from a low-status public institution that was central to French medical science in the nineteenth century, to an 'establishment' institution largely irrelevant to medical science, but playing a key role in public health policy.The second part of the book looks at broader issues of medical history, and shows how a scientific study of mineral waters led to the formation of disciplines within medical science. The final part examines the place and role of the medical elite - the Medical Mandarins - within French bourgeoisie.This book utilizes academic activities and sources to explore such major questions in the social and scientific history of medicine as the nature of therapeutic reasoning, the scientific specificity of French medicine, and the consequences for the medical profession of hierarchical centralization. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: The Academic Institution 1: Creating the French Academy of Medicine 2: The Academy of Medicine and its Structures 3: Academic Functions and Genres: Communication, evaluation and debate 4: Representation and memory in the Academy Part II: Academic Perspectives on Clinical Science 5: Water Cures and Science: The Academy of Medicine and mineral waters 6: Academic debate and therapeutic reasoning in the mid-nineteenth century 7: The posthumous Laennec: Creating a modern medical hero Part III: Academic Perspectives on the Parisian Medical Elite 8: The Self-Made Mandarin: The Eulogies of Étienne Pariset, 1823-1847 9: Elite medical careers in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries 10: The medical elite in French society. ...
