David S. Barnes is an Associate Professor of History and Sociology of Science and Director of the Health and Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

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. He is a historian specializing in public health

Public health

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French Third Republic

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 France

France

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. He argues that the development of public health in nineteenth-century France is best understood in terms of the integration of scientific hypotheses into the generally accepted cultural, social and economic frameworks. His books, both by leading academic publishers, have been reviewed by prestigious journals.

Books (with selected reviews)

• Barnes, David S., The Making of a Social Disease: Tuberculosis in Nineteenth-Century France; University of California Press, 1995. ISBN 9780520087729 in 606 WorldCat libraries
  • Review: by Ann F La Berge The American historical review. 101, no. 3, (1996): 854
  • Review: by Robert A. Nye Bulletin of the History of Medicine
    Bulletin of the History of Medicine
    The Bulletin of the History of Medicine is an academic journal founded in 1939. It is the official publication of the American Association for the History of Medicine. It is also the official publication of the Johns Hopkins Institute of the History of Medicine...
    
     - Volume 70, Number 3, Fall 1996, pp. 528-529
  • Review: by Anne HardyMedical history
    Medical history
    The medical history or anamnesis of a patient is information gained by a physician by asking specific questions, either of the patient or of other people who know the person and can give suitable information , with the aim of obtaining information useful in formulating a diagnosis and providing...
    
    . 40, no. 2, (1996): 255
  • Review: by Allan Mitchell: Isis. 86, no. 3, (1995): 507
  • Review by Olivier Faure The Journal of modern history
    The Journal of Modern History
    The Journal of Modern History is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering European intellectual, political, and cultural history, published by the University of Chicago Press in cooperation with the Modern European History Section of the American Historical Association...
    
    . 69, no. 1, (1997): 158
  • Review: by Patricia E Prestwick Journal of Social History
    Journal of Social History
    The Journal of Social History, was founded in 1967 and has been edited since then by Peter Stearns. The journal covers social history in all regions and time periods. Articles frequently combine sociohistorical analysis between Latin America, Africa, Asia, Russia, Western Europe and the United...
    
    . 29, no. 4, (1996): 974

• Barnes, David S., The Great Stink of Paris and the Nineteenth-Century Struggle against Filth and Germs; The Johns Hopkins University Press; Oxford University Press, 2006 ISBN 9780801883491 held in 339 WorldCat libraries
  • Review by B. Gastel - 9 Nov, 2006 New England Journal of Medicine
    New England Journal of Medicine
    The New England Journal of Medicine is an English-language peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Massachusetts Medical Society. It describes itself as the oldest continuously published medical journal in the world.-History:...
    
      355 (19): 2051 november 9, 2006.
  • Review: by Ann F La Berge JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 297, no. 19, (2007): 2144
  • Review: by H Pennington Science (magazine)
    Science (magazine)
    Science was a general science magazine published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science . It was intended to "bridge the distance between science and citizen", aimed at a technically literate audience who may not work professionally in the sciences...
    
     313, no. 5794, (September 22, 2006): 1740
  • Review: by Margaret K. Hostetter .Journal of Clinical Investigation. 116(11): 2835-2835 (2006).
  • Review by Elizabeth A Williams Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 63, no. 1 (2008): 117-119
  • Review: by R Lethbridge Journal of European Studies. 2007; 37: 200-202
  • Review: by O Amsterdamska Isis (journal)
    Isis (journal)
    Isis is an academic journal published by University of Chicago Press. It focuses on the history of science, history of medicine, and the history of technology, as well as their cultural influences, featuring both original research articles as well as extensive book reviews and review essays.It was...
    
    98, no. 3, (2007): 638
  • Review: by Hope Christiansen The French review. 81, no. 4, (2008): 801
  • Review by S Sauget. Revue d'histoire moderne et contemporaine , 55, no. 1, (2008): 215-216

Articles

• "Wald, Contagious: Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative". The Journal of American History. 96, no. 2: 589-.
• Contagion: Disease, Government, and the Social Question in Nineteenth-Century France (Review)". Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. 55, no. 3: 316-318.
• Barnes, David S. 2002. "Scents and Sensibilities: Disgust and the Meanings of Odors in Late Nineteenth-Century Paris". Historical Reflections. Réflexions Historiques. 28, no. 1: 21-