A Cultural History of Medical Vitalism in Enlightenment Montpellier

Elizabeth A. Williams

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2003

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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.

ISBN-13
9780754608813
ISBN-10
0754608816
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year
2003
Publication date
2003-01-02
Pages
384
Dimensions
234x156x
Weight
680