Cabanis: Enlightenment and Medical Philosophy in the French Revolution

Martin S. Staum

Published by Princeton University Press 1980

Cabanis

Enlightenment and Medical Philosophy in the French Revolution

Martin S. Staum

Volume 607 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400857029

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A physician and spokesman for the French Ideologues, Pierre-JeanGeorges Cabanis (1757-1808) stands at the crossroads of several influential developments in modern culture--Enlightenment optimism about human perfectibility, the clinical method in medicine, and the formation and adaptation of liberal social ideals in the French Revolution. This first major study of Cabanis in English traces the influences of these developments on his thought and career.

Originally published in 1980.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER I. The Late Enlightenment: Chain of Being, Chain of Truths Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
CHAPTER II. The Body as Mechanism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
CHAPTER III. The Soul and the Vital Principle in Physiology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
CHAPTER IV. Methodical Medicine in the Service of Humanity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	94
CHAPTER V. The Natural and Artificial in Society Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
CHAPTER VI. The Perils of Revolution and the Rational Organization of Medical Experience Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
CHAPTER VII. Sensitivity: Source of 'Physique' and 'Moral Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
CHAPTER VIII. The Perfectibility of Temperament Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
CHAPTER IX. Approaches to Psychophysiology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	244
CHAPTER X. In the Public Arena: Healing, Schooling, Governing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	266
CHAPTER XI. The Metaphysical Twilight Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	298
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
Appendix A Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	371
Appendix B Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	373
Appendix C Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	375
Appendix D. “Cabanis” Manuscripts of the Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	377
Appendix E. Condensed Outline of Hygiene of J.-N. Hallé Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	381
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	383
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	419

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