The paper, which appeared in the last issue of The Journal of Modern History is entitled: "The Popularization of Medicine in the Eighteenth Century: Writing, Reading, and Rewriting Samuel Auguste Tissot's “Avis au peuple sur sa santé."

 "Samuel Auguste Tissot’s Avis au peuple sur sa santé, first published in 1761, was one of the biggest medical best-sellers of the eighteenth century. By studying the successive editions of Avis au peuple and the vast correspondence between Tissot and his patients, Dr. Singy revisits the worn-out issue of the popularization of science and medicine. He show that in the case of Avis au peuple the popularization of medicine was a process that involved both author and readers, that took shape through successive editions, and that was the effect rather than the cause of editorial success."

For more information and access to this article: http://www.jstor.org/pss/10.1086/656073