Morbid Undercurrents : Medical Subcultures in Postrevolutionary France /

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"This book examines the proliferation of medical subcultures and genres following the "medical revolution" in France, tracing the intersections between writing and sociopolitical fragmentation. The analysis shows that biomedical science provided a central means for contemporaries to i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Quinlan, Sean M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social medicine.
Philosophy and the life sciences.
Medicine.
Intellectual life.
Intellectual life > History.
Social medicine > France > History > 19th century.
Social medicine > France > History > 18th century.
Medicine > France > History > 19th century.
Medicine > France > History > 18th century.
France.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"This book examines the proliferation of medical subcultures and genres following the "medical revolution" in France, tracing the intersections between writing and sociopolitical fragmentation. The analysis shows that biomedical science provided a central means for contemporaries to imagine self and society, becoming a malleable and subversive force in the age of revolution"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (336 pages).
ISBN:9781501758348

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