Telling the Flesh: Life Writing, Citizenship, and the Body in the Letters to Samuel Auguste Tissot by Sonja Boon

Telling the Flesh: Life Writing, Citizenship, and the Body in the Letters to Samuel Auguste Tissot

McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services Studies in the Hi

Sonja Boon

nonfiction classics health history literary informative reflective medium-paced

336 pages

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In the second half of the eighteenth century, celebrated Swiss physician Samuel Auguste Tissot (1728-1797) received over 1,200 medical consultation letters from across Europe and beyond. Written by individuals seeking respite from a range of ailme...
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