1st Edition
A Country Doctor in the French Revolution Marie-François-Bernadin Ramel
By Robert Weston
Copyright 2020
116 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
114 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
114 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
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
Biography
Robert Weston is Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia.
