The physician-legislators of France: medicine and politics in the early Third Republic, 1870-1914

Abstract

List of tables and graphs Acknowledgements Introduction Part I. At the Local Level: 1. The social formation of the physician-legislators 2. Early medical careers 3. Early political careers Part II. In Parliament: 4. Patterns of medico-political careers in Parliament 5. Reform of the medical profession 6. Defence of the people's health 7. The social problem Conclusion and epilogue Appendix A. Professors of medicine in parliament Appendix B. The legislative record of doctors Appendix C. Medical membership on the committee of public hygiene of the chamber Bibliography Glossary Index.