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Author Weston, Robert, 1938-

Title A Country Doctor in the French Revolution : Marie-François-Bernadin Ramel / Robert Weston
Published [Place of publication not identified] : Routledge, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (x, 104 pages) : illustrations
Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Robert Weston is Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia
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Subject Ramel, Marie-François-Bernadin
Physicians -- France -- Biography
HISTORY -- General.
Physicians
SUBJECT France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051319
Subject France
Genre/Form collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780429295393
0429295391
9781000576634
1000576639
9781000571776
1000571777
9781000566918
1000566919