Author: Samuel J.M.M. Alberti
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0199584583
Morbid Curiosities: Medical Museums in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Morbid Curiosities is the first comprehensive study of nineteenth-century medical museums in Britain. Medical books Morbid Curiosities. It traces the afterlives of diseased body parts, asking how they came to be in these collections, what happened to them there, and who used them.
Pathologists dismembered the dead body and preserved it, whether by injection or by storage in fluid, thereby transforming it into material culture. Thus fragmented body parts followed complex paths - harvested from hospital wards, given to a prestigious institution, or once again fragmented at auction. Human remains acquired new meanings as they were exchanged and, once in museums, specimens were re-integrated to form a physical map of disease Medical books Morbid Curiosities: Medical Museums In Nineteenth-century Britain By Samuel. Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Morbid Curiosities: Medical Museums in Nineteenth-Century Britain by Samuel JMM Alberti Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New An in-depth study of the variety of collections of human remains in Britain in the long nineteenth century Publisher Description Morbid Curiosities is the first comprehensive study of nineteenth-century medical museums in Britain. It traces the afterlives of diseased body parts, asking how
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Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Morbid Curiosities: Medical Museums in Nineteenth-Century Britain by Samuel JMM Alberti Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New An in-depth study of the variety of collections of human remains in Britain in the long nineteenth century Publisher Description Morbid Curiosities is the first comprehensive study of nineteenth-century medical museums in Britain. It traces the afterlives of diseased body parts, asking how
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Morbid Curiosities: Medical Museums in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Medical Book Morbid Curiosities
It traces the afterlives of diseased body parts, asking how they came to be in these collections, what happened to them there, and who used them.
Pathologists dismembered the dead body and preserved it, whether by injection or by storage in fluid, thereby transforming it into material culture. Thus fragmented body parts followed complex paths - harvested from hospital wards, given to a prestigious institution, or once again fragmented at auction. Human remains acquired new meanings as they were exchanged and, once in museums, specimens were re-integrated to form a physical map of disease. Curators juxtaposed organic specimens with paintings, photographs, and models, and rendered them legible with extensive catalogues - paper, wax, and text formed a series of overlapping systems. They were intended to standardize the educational experience that was the ostensible purpose of most of the museums, and yet visitors refused to be policed, responding powerfully, whether with wonder or disgust.
Morbid Curiosities is a history of the material culture of medical knowledge, from prepared human remains to models, illustrations, and even architectural pillars and galleries.
