A Country Doctor in the French Revolution: Marie-François-Bernadin Ramel

by Robert Weston

Book Overview

This book will be of interest to those studying French medical and Revolutionary history. It traces the life of an early-modern rural French physician from childhood to death -- how he worked as a physician for six years in North Africa (taking a particular interest in medical meteorology); sought to establish himself as a savant in the Republic of Letters by publishing texts and prize-winning essays; and, despite his bourgeois roots, took part...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032091495
• ISBN13: 9781032091495
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"