'Williams's book promises to remain the standard account of the subject for some time to come.' Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 'This very informative and thought-provoking book should be a must read for eighteenth-century scholars...' New Perspectives on the Eighteenth Century 'A Cultural History of Medical Vitalism in Enlightenment Montpellier is, in short, a triumph: it is enormously informative, intensely researched, and written with considerable style and wit.' Metascience 'This is, quite simply, an admirable book...' Early Science and Medicine

• Contents: Introduction; A medical town: Montpellier in the 18th century; A university in the Enlightenment: the University of Medicine of Montpellier; Boissier de Sauvages and the emergence of vitalism in Montpellier; The ascent to Paris: Montpellier physicians in the capital of enlightenment; Vitalism and the encyclopedist movement; Time of troubles: the university-court connection in the late Ancien Régime; Semiotics, smallpox, sex: from the practical to the philosophical in vitalist medicine; Barthez and the "Science of Man"; Vitalism in the late Enlightenment; Conclusion: the end of the Enlightenment and the eclipse of Montpellier; Bibliography; Index.

'Williams's book promises to remain the standard account of the subject for some time to come.' Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 'This very informative and thought-provoking book should be a must read for eighteenth-century scholars...' New Perspectives on the Eighteenth Century 'A Cultural History of Medical Vitalism in Enlightenment Montpellier is, in short, a triumph: it is enormously informative, intensely researched, and written with considerable style and wit.' Metascience 'This is, quite simply, an admirable book...' Early Science and Medicine

• Contents: Introduction; A medical town: Montpellier in the 18th century; A university in the Enlightenment: the University of Medicine of Montpellier; Boissier de Sauvages and the emergence of vitalism in Montpellier; The ascent to Paris: Montpellier physicians in the capital of enlightenment; Vitalism and the encyclopedist movement; Time of troubles: the university-court connection in the late Ancien Régime; Semiotics, smallpox, sex: from the practical to the philosophical in vitalist medicine; Barthez and the "Science of Man"; Vitalism in the late Enlightenment; Conclusion: the end of the Enlightenment and the eclipse of Montpellier; Bibliography; Index.

'Williams's book promises to remain the standard account of the subject for some time to come.' Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 'This very informative and thought-provoking book should be a must read for eighteenth-century scholars...' New Perspectives on the Eighteenth Century 'A Cultural History of Medical Vitalism in Enlightenment Montpellier is, in short, a triumph: it is enormously informative, intensely researched, and written with considerable style and wit.' Metascience 'This is, quite simply, an admirable book...' Early Science and Medicine

• Contents: Introduction; A medical town: Montpellier in the 18th century; A university in the Enlightenment: the University of Medicine of Montpellier; Boissier de Sauvages and the emergence of vitalism in Montpellier; The ascent to Paris: Montpellier physicians in the capital of enlightenment; Vitalism and the encyclopedist movement; Time of troubles: the university-court connection in the late Ancien Régime; Semiotics, smallpox, sex: from the practical to the philosophical in vitalist medicine; Barthez and the "Science of Man"; Vitalism in the late Enlightenment; Conclusion: the end of the Enlightenment and the eclipse of Montpellier; Bibliography; Index.