Author : Robert Weston
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2019-08-01
ISBN 13: 1000576639
Total Pages : 120 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (5 users)
Read and Download Robert Weston book A Country Doctor in the French Revolution in PDF, EPub, Mobi, Kindle online. Free book TA Country Doctor in the French Revolution. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 120 pages. Book excerpt: 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 in the siege of Toulon, became committed to the ideals of the French Revolution, and volunteered for the Revolutionary armée d’Italie, mainly working in military hospitals. It concludes with an account of his time practicing medicine in southwest France, where he also engaged in local politics, eventually being appointed to a mayoral position by Bonaparte.