Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-247) and index
Introduction : degenerations, regeneration and health panics in modern France - A medical diagnosis of social crisis, 1750-1770 -- Depopulation and institutional responses, circa 1770-1789 -- Colonial bodies and hygiene in the Antilles, circa 1750-1794 -- Doctors, regeneration and the revolutionary crucible, 1789-1804 -- Uncertain territory and fragmented agendas -- 1804-1830 -- From cholera to degeneration, circa 1830-1848 -- Conclusion : degeneration and regeneration after 1850