The Estates General of the Epidemic under Louis XVI: a pioneering public health survey

Turgot, Louis XVI's finance minister, initiates provincial surveys on epidemics.

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These efforts mark a turning point in medical history, influenced by Xavier Bichat.

Historian Jean-Pierre Peter traces this shift toward modern pathological anatomy.

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