Morbid Undercurrents: Medical Subcultures in Postrevolutionary France

by Sean M. Quinlan

In Morbid Undercurrents, Sean M. Quinlan follows how medical ideas, stemming from the so-called birth of the clinic, zigzagged across the intellectual landscape of the French Revolution and its aftermath. It was a remarkable hotspot in the historical timeline, when doctors and scientists pioneered a staggering number of fields--from forensic investigation to evolutionary biology--and their innovations captivated the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501758330
• ISBN13: 9781501758331
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.7" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up