Dissection: Photographs of a Rite of Passage in American Medicine 1880 1930 - Rilegato

Warner, John Harley; Edmonson, James M., Ph.D.

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ISBN 10: 0922233349 ISBN 13: 9780922233342

Casa editrice: Blast Books, 2009

Riassunto

Collects vivid historical photographs of medical students engaged in dissection-related studies as performed between the mid-nineteenth and the mid-twentieth centuries, in a volume that offers insight into both period dissection practices and medical portraiture.

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Product Description:

"Cadavers, camera, action!" ("The New York Times Book Review"). From the advent of photography in the 19th and into the 20th century, medical students, often in secrecy, took photographs of themselves with the cadavers that they dissected: their first patients. Featuring 138 of these historic photographs and illuminating essays by two experts on the subject, "Dissection" reveals a startling piece of American history. Sherwin Nuland, MD, said this is "a truly unique and important book [that] documents a period in medical education in a way that is matched by no other existing contribution." And Mary Roach said Dissection "is the most extraordinary book I have ever seen--the perfect coffee table book for all the households where I'd most like to be invited for coffee."

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• Editore: Blast Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0922233349
• ISBN 13: 9780922233342
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 207