. ▁It ▁was ▁written ▁in ▁under ▁two ▁months , ▁published ▁by ▁Gall im ard , ▁and ▁was ▁described ▁by ▁bi ograph er ▁David ▁M ace y ▁as ▁" a ▁very ▁personal ▁book " ▁that ▁resulted ▁from ▁a ▁" lo ve ▁affair " ▁with ▁R ous sel ' s ▁work . ▁It ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁English ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁as ▁Death ▁and ▁the ▁Lab yr inth : ▁The ▁World ▁of ▁Raymond ▁R ous sel . ▁Rece iving ▁few ▁reviews , ▁it ▁was ▁largely ▁ignored . ▁That ▁same ▁year ▁he ▁published ▁a ▁sequ el ▁to ▁ ▁Fol ie ▁et ▁dé ra ison , ▁entitled ▁Na issance ▁de ▁la ▁C lin ique , ▁subsequently ▁translated ▁as ▁The ▁B irth ▁of ▁the ▁C lin ic : ▁An ▁Arch ae ology ▁of ▁Medical ▁Per ception . ▁Sh orter ▁than ▁its ▁prede cess or , ▁it ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁changes ▁that ▁the ▁medical ▁establishment ▁under w ent ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 th ▁and ▁early ▁ 1 9 th ▁centuries . ▁Like ▁his ▁preceding ▁work , ▁Na issance ▁de ▁la ▁C lin ique ▁was ▁largely ▁crit ically ▁ignored , ▁but ▁later ▁gained ▁a ▁cult ▁following . ▁It ▁was ▁of ▁interest ▁within ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁medical ▁eth ics , ▁as ▁it ▁considered ▁the ▁ways ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁medicine ▁and ▁hosp it als , ▁and ▁the ▁training ▁that ▁those ▁working ▁within ▁them ▁receive , ▁bring ▁about ▁a ▁particular ▁way ▁of ▁looking ▁at ▁the ▁body : ▁the ▁' med ical ▁gaz e '. ▁Fou ca ult