Enlightenment and Pathology

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Author	: Anne C. Vila
Publisher	: JHU Press
Total Pages	: 420
Release	: 1998
ISBN-10	: 0801858097
ISBN-13	: 9780801858093
Rating	: 4/5 (97 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Enlightenment and Pathology by : Anne C. Vila

Book excerpt: If moods are as contagious as colds, and wickedness as debilitating as a bad diet, inquiries into assorted discourses in 18th-century France still have much to tell. Author Anne Vila shows that multiple junctures between the body and the mind promoted a steady commerce of speculation and discussion between science and the social salons of the time. 9 illustrations.

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