Morbid curiosities: medical museums in nineteenth-century Britain

An in-depth study of the variety of collections of human remains in Britain in the long nineteenth century INDICE: 1: Introduction: A Parliament of Monsters; 2: Situating Pathology:A Cultural Cartography; 3: Collecting Pathology: Fragmentation and the Traffic in Morbid Flesh; 4: Preserving Pathology: Craft and Technique in the MedicalMuseum; 5: Displaying Pathology: Maps of Morbidity; 6: Viewing Pathology: Medical Museums and their Visitors; 7: Conclusion: A Catalogue of Errors; Select Bibliography

• ISBN: 978-0-19-958458-1
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés