Dissection: Photographs of a Rite of Passage in American Medicine 1880a-1930
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"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,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0922233349
ISBN13:9780922233342
Release Date:May 2009
Publisher:Blast Books
Length:208 Pages
Weight:2.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 8.8" x 10.6"
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