Medical History of Skin

Scratching the Surface

AvKevin Patrick Siena

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

Del i serien Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine

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Beskrivning

Diseases affecting the skin have tended to provoke a response of particular horror in society. This collection of essays uses case studies to chart the medical history of skin from the eighteenth to the twentieth century.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-04-01
Mått:156 x 234 x 200 mm
Vikt:566 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine
Antal sidor:294
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781848934139

Utforska kategorier

Medicinhistoria inom Medicin
Dermatologi inom Medicin

Recensioner i media

'This collection offers a thoughtful and carefully assembled multi-faceted series of studies on the representation of skin ... [an] excellent and very useful collection.' Social History of Medicine

Innehållsförteckning

List of Contributors, List of Figures and Tables, Scratching the Surface: An Introduction – Kevin Siena and Jonathan Reinarz, Part I: The Emerging Skin Field, Part II: Skin, Stigma and Identity, Part III: Skin, Disease and Visual Culture, Afterword: Reading the Skin, Discerning the Landscape: A Geo-historical, Perspective of our Human Surface – Philip K. Wilson, Notes, Index