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a general feature of the French revolution,
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that it was an opportunity to wipe the slate clean,
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that it marked a radical new departure
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that facilitated opposition to older authorities,
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and in specific nature to medical corporations.
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It was also a time of French nationalism
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which urged on that
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instruction should take place no longer in Latin
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but in the vernacular; that is, in French.
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There are also some other specific features
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that made the French Revolution an important moment
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for the development of a new medicine.