Construire et déconstruire la bourgeoisie : discours politique et imaginaire social au début du xixe siècle

Broussais et le matérialisme. Médecine et philosophie au XIXe siècle

The book is, however, far more than a psychological study of the tuberculous. It is a meticulously conceived work about tuberculosis in France, with intriguing sidelights on the differing experiences of other European countries. Whereas in Spain and Italy, and elsewhere in Southern Europe, the disease was considered contagious and its victims treated as lepers, ideas were more ambiguous in Fran...

la ville industrielle et le roman du xixe siècle

l’apparition de la révolution industrielle et de la technicité dans le roman français survient vers le milieu du xixe siècle, en pleine émergence de ce courant qui influence la vie et le travail de la population. le processus d’industrialisation débute par l’exode massif des paysans vers les villes industrielles nouvelles. tandis que la bourgeoisie profite pleinement de l’essor industriel, le p...

Instruire, guérir, servir. Formation, recherche et pratique médicales en France et en Allemagne pendant la deuxième moitié du XIXe siècle

the Michaelis-Jena Ratcliffe Prize for Folklore in 1993. Some interesting generalizations emerge: the difference commonly understood between the medicinal activity of roots as opposed to shoots or leaves; the multiple uses of a single plant; the disdain for polypharmacy. In passing, Hatfield argues that the doctrine of signatures was unlikely to be much used by country dwellers in the form prop...

Entre bienfaisance, contrôle des populations et agenda international: la politique sanitaire du mandat français en Syrie et au Liban.

La première révolution biologique: réflexions sur la physiologie et la médecine du XVIIe siècle

of cranial and facial bones, and Berengario's treatise does not discuss the latter. Dr Lind tells us that Berengario is probably a dialectal corruption of his true name, Barrigazi, as entered on his will and testament, although Berengario is spelt "Beregario" throughout the last 80 pages of his translation, presumably a printer's error. Carpi is a small town near Bologna. If treatises on 'Wound...