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

by John Harley Warner and James M. Edmonson

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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:0.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 8.8" x 10.6"

Related Subjects

Anatomy Arts, Music & Photography Basic Sciences Collections, Catalogues & Exhibitions Equipment, Techniques & Reference History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Photo Essays Photography Portraits Visual Arts

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