The sick rose, or, Disease and the art of medical illustration
Book - 2014
"The Sick Rose is a visual tour through the golden age of medical illustration. The nineteenth century experienced an explosion of epidemics such as cholera and diphtheria, driven by industrialization, urbanization and poor hygiene. In this pre-color-photography era, accurate images were relied upon to teach students and aid diagnosis. The best examples, featured here, are remarkable pieces of art that attempted to elucidate the mysteries of the body, and the successive onset of each affliction... Organized by disease, The Sick Rose ranges from little-known ailments now all but forgotten to the epidemics that shaped the modern age"--Publisher description.
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- Published
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New York, NY :
D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc
[2014]
- Language
- English
- Corporate Author
- Main Author
- Corporate Author
- Item Description
- "354 illustrations, 345 in color."
"This book is published in partnership with Wellcome Collection and the Wellcome Library, a part of the Wellcome Trust"--Title page verso. - Physical Description
- 253 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographic references (pages 244-245) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781938922404
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