title: [Frederic Dubois D'Amiens, physician-philosopher. An example of the thought of the Royal Society of Medicine of Bordeaux in 1830].
abstract: Frédéric Dubois d'Amiens (1799-1873) was perpetual secretary of the Academy of Medicine between 1847 and 1873. He remained famous in the history of the medicine for his Praises as well as for his criticism of the animal magnetism. But people often do not know that he won in 1830 the competition of the Royal Society of Medicine of Bordeaux concerning the distinction of hypochondria and hysteria. Nevertheless, the winning report, published in 1833 under the title A Philosophical history of hypochondria and hysteria, is the most accomplished work of Dubois d'Amiens, both by the development of an unexpected historical and philosophical method and by the new description which he gives of hypochondria. It is from this work that we wish to pay tribute to Dubois d'Amiens.
authors.affiliation: LHSP Archives H. Poincaré/UMR 7117 CNRS. Alexandre.Klein@univ-nancy2.fr
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Klein
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D006998:Hypochondriasis / Q000266:history; D007046:Hysteria / Q000266:history; D010686:Philosophy, Medical / Q000266:history*; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*