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A Cultural History of Medical Vitalism in Enlightenment Montpellier - The History of Medicine in Context Elizabeth A. Williams New edition
A Cultural History of Medical Vitalism in Enlightenment Montpellier - The History of Medicine in Context
Elizabeth A. Williams
This study is a cultural history of Montpellier vitalism, regarded by many historians as the leading school of medicine in the French Enlightenment. Offering a holistic understanding of physical-moral relation in place of Descartes' mind-body dualism, Montpellier vitalism supplied essential discursive foundations of the medical enlightenment.
320 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 2, 2003 |
| ISBN13 | 9780754608813 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 384 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 870 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Cunningham, Dr. Andrew |
| Series Editor | Grell, Professor Ole Peter |