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

ISBN-13: 9781032091495 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 116 str.

Robert Weston

Opis

This book explores the life of an early-modern rural French physician who sought to establish himself in the Republic of Letters, worked and studied medical meteorology in North Africa, and then, committed to the ideals of the French Revolution, served in the revolutionary army.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Early Life  3. Ramel in North Africa  4. Return to Mainland France  5. The Medical Savant  6. The Revolutionary Period  7. Ramel and the Military  8. Civilian Life in La Ciotat  9. Placing Ramel in His Times.  Conclusions

O autorze

Robert Weston is Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia.