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- catalog abstract ""One of the key themes of the Enlightenment was the search for universal laws and truths that would help illuminate the workings of the universe. It is in such attitudes that we trace the origins of modern science and medicine. However, not all eighteenth century scientists and physicians believed that such universal laws could be found, particularly in relation to the differences between living and inanimate matter." "From the 1740s physicians working in the University of Medicine of Montpellier began to contest Descartes's dualist concept of the body-machine that was being championed by leading Parisian medical "mechanists". In place of the body-machine perspective that sought laws universally valid for all phenomena, the vitalists postulated a distinction between living and other matter, offering a holistic understanding of the physical-moral relation in place of mind-body dualism. Their medicine was not based on mathematics and the unity of the sciences, but on observation of the individual patient and the harmonious activities of the "body-economy"."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12719950.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""From the 1740s physicians working in the University of Medicine of Montpellier began to contest Descartes's dualist concept of the body-machine that was being championed by leading Parisian medical "mechanists". In place of the body-machine perspective that sought laws universally valid for all phenomena, the vitalists postulated a distinction between living and other matter, offering a holistic understanding of the physical-moral relation in place of mind-body dualism. Their medicine was not based on mathematics and the unity of the sciences, but on observation of the individual patient and the harmonious activities of the "body-economy"."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""One of the key themes of the Enlightenment was the search for universal laws and truths that would help illuminate the workings of the universe. It is in such attitudes that we trace the origins of modern science and medicine. However, not all eighteenth century scientists and physicians believed that such universal laws could be found, particularly in relation to the differences between living and inanimate matter."".
- catalog description "1. A Medical Town: Montpellier in the Eighteenth Century -- 2. A University in the Enlightenment: The University of Medicine of Montpellier -- 3. Boissier de Sauvages and the Emergence of Vitalism in Montpellier -- 4. The Ascent to Paris: Montpellier Physicians in the Capital of Enlightenment -- 5. Vitalism and the Encyclopedist Movement -- 6. Time of Troubles: The University-Court Connection in the late Ancien Regime -- 7. Semiotics, Smallpox, Sex: From the Practical to the Philosophical in Vitalist Medicine -- 8. Barthez and the "Science of Man" -- 9. Vitalism in the Late Enlightenment -- Conclusion: The End of the Enlightenment and the Eclipse of Montpellier.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Selected bibliography": p. [335]-353.".
- catalog extent "viii, 369 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Cultural history of medical vitalism in enlightenment Montpellier.".
- catalog identifier "0754608816 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Cultural history of medical vitalism in enlightenment Montpellier.".
- catalog isPartOf "History of medicine in context.".
- catalog isPartOf "The history of medicine in context".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Burlington, VT : Ashgate,".
- catalog relation "Cultural history of medical vitalism in enlightenment Montpellier.".
- catalog spatial "France Montpellier".
- catalog spatial "France".
- catalog spatial "France.".
- catalog subject "2003 B-606".
- catalog subject "610/.944/84 21".
- catalog subject "History, 18th Century France.".
- catalog subject "Medicine France Montpellier History.".
- catalog subject "R506.M66 W54 2003".
- catalog subject "Vitalism France History.".
- catalog subject "Vitalism.".
- catalog subject "WZ 70 GF7 W7c 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. A Medical Town: Montpellier in the Eighteenth Century -- 2. A University in the Enlightenment: The University of Medicine of Montpellier -- 3. Boissier de Sauvages and the Emergence of Vitalism in Montpellier -- 4. The Ascent to Paris: Montpellier Physicians in the Capital of Enlightenment -- 5. Vitalism and the Encyclopedist Movement -- 6. Time of Troubles: The University-Court Connection in the late Ancien Regime -- 7. Semiotics, Smallpox, Sex: From the Practical to the Philosophical in Vitalist Medicine -- 8. Barthez and the "Science of Man" -- 9. Vitalism in the Late Enlightenment -- Conclusion: The End of the Enlightenment and the Eclipse of Montpellier.".
- catalog title "A cultural history of medical vitalism in enlightenment Montpellier / Elizabeth A. Williams.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".