Dissection on Display: Cadavers, Anatomists and Public Spectacle - Softcover

Quigley, Christine

 
9780786444298: Dissection on Display: Cadavers, Anatomists and Public Spectacle
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0786444290 ISBN 13: 9780786444298
Verlag: McFarland, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

Since Herophilus, the "father of anatomy," performed the first public human dissection in the third century B.C.E., audiences have been spellbound by the cutting apart of cadavers. This volume traces the past and present of public dissection, from Herophilus's first cuts to the revival of anatomy as entertainment through spectacles like Gunther von Hagens' Body Worlds, including the attacks on anatomy in the Middle Ages, the influence of Renaissance anatomist Andreas Vesalius, the procurement of bodies through execution and body snatchers, and the withdrawal of dissectors behind medical school doors in the early 20th century. It reveals that the anatomical spectacle is not new, but has remained in the gray area between education and entertainment for centuries.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

The late Christine Quigley authored books and articles, wrote an eclectic blog called Quigley's Cabinet and reviewed books for Fortean Times.

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Verlag
McFarland
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0786444290
ISBN 13 
9780786444298
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
226
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