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- catalog abstract "Drawing on an exceptionally wide range of archival and printed sources, The Medical World of Early Modern France offers a unique panoramic view over three centuries of the development of a vital profession within a major European state. The volume analyses the evolution of medical ideas and practices up to the eve of the birth of modern medicine, ranging from Nostradamus to Bichat, from Ambroise Pare to Larrey, and from Louise Bourgeois to Madame du Courdray. In addition, by placing the medical world in its demographic, epidemiological, social, economic, intellectual, and political context, it provides an unparalleled overview of the cultural history of health in France from the Renaissance to the French Revolution. This volume will be of interest to all historians and early modern France and the French Revolution, as well as to social and cultural historians, and to historians of medicine and the professions.".
- catalog contributor b10245773.
- catalog contributor b10245774.
- catalog coverage "France History Louis XIII, 1610-1643.".
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "Drawing on an exceptionally wide range of archival and printed sources, The Medical World of Early Modern France offers a unique panoramic view over three centuries of the development of a vital profession within a major European state. The volume analyses the evolution of medical ideas and practices up to the eve of the birth of modern medicine, ranging from Nostradamus to Bichat, from Ambroise Pare to Larrey, and from Louise Bourgeois to Madame du Courdray. In addition, by placing the medical world in its demographic, epidemiological, social, economic, intellectual, and political context, it provides an unparalleled overview of the cultural history of health in France from the Renaissance to the French Revolution. This volume will be of interest to all historians and early modern France and the French Revolution, as well as to social and cultural historians, and to historians of medicine and the professions.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [835]-896) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction. Towards a New Medical History of Early Modern France -- 1. Death and Disease in French Society in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries -- 2. Medical Doctrine -- 3. The Corporative Medical Community in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries -- 4. The Medical Penumbra -- 5. The Sick and their Practitioners -- 6. Death and Disease in the Eighteenth Century (c. 1680-1789) -- 7. The Medical Enlightenment -- 8. The Corporative Medical Community in the Eighteenth Century -- 9. The Rise of Surgery -- 10. Medical Entrepreneuralism in the Enlightenment -- 11. The Hospital in the Enlightenment -- 12. Medicine and the Enlightenment State -- Conclusion. Beyond Mesmerism: The Scientization of Medicine and the Politicization of Health in the French Revolution.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 960 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Medical world of early modern France.".
- catalog identifier "0198227507".
- catalog isFormatOf "Medical world of early modern France.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford [England] ; New York : Clarendon Press,".
- catalog relation "Medical world of early modern France.".
- catalog spatial "France History Louis XIII, 1610-1643.".
- catalog spatial "France".
- catalog spatial "France.".
- catalog subject "1997 F-508".
- catalog subject "610/.944 20".
- catalog subject "History of Medicine France.".
- catalog subject "History, 16th Century France.".
- catalog subject "History, 17th Century France.".
- catalog subject "History, 18th Century France.".
- catalog subject "Medicine France History 16th century.".
- catalog subject "Medicine France History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "Medicine France History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "R504 .B76 1997".
- catalog subject "Social medicine France History 16th century.".
- catalog subject "Social medicine France History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "Social medicine France History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "WZ 70 GF7 B81m 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction. Towards a New Medical History of Early Modern France -- 1. Death and Disease in French Society in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries -- 2. Medical Doctrine -- 3. The Corporative Medical Community in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries -- 4. The Medical Penumbra -- 5. The Sick and their Practitioners -- 6. Death and Disease in the Eighteenth Century (c. 1680-1789) -- 7. The Medical Enlightenment -- 8. The Corporative Medical Community in the Eighteenth Century -- 9. The Rise of Surgery -- 10. Medical Entrepreneuralism in the Enlightenment -- 11. The Hospital in the Enlightenment -- 12. Medicine and the Enlightenment State -- Conclusion. Beyond Mesmerism: The Scientization of Medicine and the Politicization of Health in the French Revolution.".
- catalog title "The medical world of early modern France / Laurence Brockliss and Colin Jones.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".