L’ambiguïté morale de l’argent Le docteur Halpersohn et L’Envers de l’histoire contemporaine

This article reflects on the commodification of medical practice. The axiological ambiguity of Doctor Halpersohn in L’Envers de l’histoire contemporaine reveals the central role of money in nineteenth-century medicine. Far from the ideal of voluntary medicine represented by Bianchon and the professionalism set in place by Lacan, the presence of money in medicine conceals and transforms the binary and hierarchical dynamics of medical power.