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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154606803321

Autore

Cunningham Andrew, Dr.

Titolo

The anatomist anatomis'd : an experimental discipline in Enlightenment Europe / / Andrew Cunningham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-89494-3

1-138-24642-5

1-315-24140-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (468 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Collana

The History of Medicine in Context

Disciplina

611.0094

Soggetti

Human anatomy - History - 18th century

Enlightenment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2010 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. 'This awful subject' -- 2. 'Merit is sure of its reward' : careers and courses -- 3. Experimental anatomy and its sub-disciplines -- 4. Human bodies : getting, keeping, picturing, publishing, arguing -- 5. Animal bodies and comparative anatomy -- 6. The end of old anatomy.