Cabanis : enlightenment and medical philosophy in the French Revolution /

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A physician and spokesman for the French Ideologues, Pierre-JeanGeorges Cabanis (1757-1808) stands at the crossroads of several influential developments in modern culture--Enlightenment optimism about human perfectibility, the clinical method in medicine, and the formation and adaptation of liberal...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Staum, Martin S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1980]
Colección:Princeton legacy library
Temas:
Cabanis, P. J. G. > (Pierre Jean Georges), > 1757-1808.
1700-1799
Physicians > France > Biography.
Medicine > France > History > 18th century.
Philosophy, French > 18th century.
Enlightenment.
Médecine > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Philosophie française > 18e siècle.
Siècle des Lumières.
Enlightenment (18th-century western movement)
PHILOSOPHY > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Medical.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL > Atlases.
MEDICAL > Essays.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Osteopathy.
Medicine.
Philosophy, French.
Physicians.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799.
France.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER I. The Late Enlightenment: Chain of Being, Chain of Truths
  • CHAPTER II. The Body as Mechanism
  • CHAPTER III. The Soul and the Vital Principle in Physiology
  • CHAPTER IV. Methodical Medicine in the Service of Humanity
  • CHAPTER V. The Natural and Artificial in Society
  • CHAPTER VI. The Perils of Revolution and the Rational Organization of Medical Experience
  • CHAPTER VII. Sensitivity: Source of 'Physique' and 'Moral
  • CHAPTER VIII. The Perfectibility of Temperament
  • CHAPTER IX. Approaches to Psychophysiology
  • CHAPTER X. In the Public Arena: Healing, Schooling, Governing
  • CHAPTER XI. The Metaphysical Twilight
  • Notes
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Appendix C
  • Appendix D. "Cabanis" Manuscripts of the Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle
  • Appendix E. Condensed Outline of Hygiene of J.-N. Hallé
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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