The great nation in decline : sex, modernity and health crises in revolutionary France c.1750-1850 / Sean M. Quinlan.

Author/creator Quinlan, Sean M.
Format Book
Publication InfoAldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007.
Descriptionx, 265 pages ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Public health--France. --History. --18th century.
Public health--France. --History. --19th century.
Sexual health--France. --History. --18th century.
Sexual health--France. --History. --19th century.
Social medicine--France. --History. --18th century.
Social medicine--France. --History. --19th century.
Degeneration--France. --History. --18th century.
Degeneration--France. --History. --19th century.
Hygiene--history. --France.
History, 18th Century--France.
History, 19th Century--France.
Morals--France.
Physician's Role--history. --France.
Social Conditions--history. --France.
History of Medicine.

SeriesHistory of medicine in context
History of medicine in context. ^A518919
Contents Introduction : degenerations, regeneration and health panics in modern France - A medical diagnosis of social crisis, c. 1750-1776 -- Depopulation and institutional response, c. 1776-1789 -- Colonial bodies and hygiene in the Antilles, c. 1750-1794 -- Doctors, regeneration and the revolutionary crucible, 1789-1804 -- Uncertain territory and fragmented agendas -- 1804-1830 -- From cholera to degeneration, c. 1832-1852 -- Conclusion : degeneration and regeneration after 1850.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [219]-247) and index.
LCCN 2007007386
ISBN9780754660989
ISBN0754660982

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