`A monumental contribution to French historiography, the text will
become the definitive reference for future investigations of the
medical world of the early modern period'
The Journal of Modern History, Vol.73, No.1 (March 2001)
`combines beautifully the perspectives of social and cultural
history with the history of medical ideas, techniques and doctrines
... extremely easy to read and constantly fascinating ... the
picture depicted in this book of a multiplicity of interacting
social circles of practicioners and their clients is deeply
sociological. I hope that this excellent book will be quickly
translated into French.'
Claudine Herzlich, Health
`Laurence Brockliss and Colin Jones are to be congratulated on the
scope and range of their study ... Brockliss and Jones have
produced and impressive integration of medical ideas and practice
... it is not simply its comprehensive character that makes this
book appealing. Effectively evoking the experience of the patient
and the practitioners, the authors demonstrate great sensitivity to
the social dynamic of medical practice. The narrative is both
enmeshed in the social history of the period and richly nuanced by
historiographic interpretation ... it offers both an elegant
presentation of intellectual issues and a vivid description of the
social dimensions
of disease and its treatment.'
Kathleen Wellman, Bull. Hist. Med., 1999, 73
`The Medical World of Early Modern France is probably the fullest
account ever written of a country's medical experience over several
centuries. It is certainly the most sophisticated. Laurence
Brockliss and Colin Jones have mined an incredible range of
archival and printed sources...Colourful anecdotes and witty asides
carry the reader effortlessly along. Despite its magnitude, this is
a book that invites reading from cover to cover...wonderful
book...The
volume is simply a stunning achievement, a monument to cooperation
and humane scholarship'
Nature
`probably the fullest account ever written of a country's medical
experience over several centuries ... It is certainly the most
sophisticated. Laurence Brockliss and Colin Jones have mined an
incredible range of archival and printed sources ... the volume has
a clear thematic structure, so that the luxuriant details never
lose their significance ... Colourful anecdotes and witty asides
carry the reader effortlessly along. Despite its magnitude, his is
a
book that invites reading from cover to cover ... wonderful book
... The volume is quite simply a stunning achievement, a monument
to cooperation and humane scholarship.'
Nature, Vol:388, July 1997
`As a history of French medicine, this large volume contains much
information and reveals long-term changes in attitudes and
practice. The authors have devoured an anormous amount of primary
source material, and have made it accessible to historian and
non-historian alike ... The Medical World of Early Moden France is
a massive, impeccably scholarly achievement. It is well written,
and is continually enlivened by vivid examples of the strange
practices
which both quacks and serious medics inflicted on their
patients.'
Times Literary Supplement
`magisterial book ... Not only does the book provide a secure basis
for comparison with England and other European countries, it also
offers excellent general accounts of various aspects of early
modern medicine ... Always the authors manage to combine a hugely
wide scope with an impressive level of detail ... this is an
invaluable book for anyone wishing to know more about the nature of
health care in the early modern period, whether in France or
elsewhere
in Europe.'
John Henry, University of Edinburgh, History, July 1999, vol 84, no
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