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Record Nr.

UNINA9910882997303321

Autore

Clark Carol Z

Titolo

The Rermarkables : : Endocrine Abnormalities in Art / / Carol Z. Clark, Orlo H. Clark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley : , : University of California Medical Humanities Consortium, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

0-9834639-0-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 pages): : illustrations (chiefly color) ;

Collana

Perspectives in medical humanities

Altri autori (Persone)

ClarkOrlo H

Soggetti

Medicine in the Arts

Endocrine System Diseases

Endocrine System - abnormalities

Medicine in art

Diseases in art

Abnormalities, Human, in art

Endocrine glands - Diseases

Glandes endocrines - Maladies

Glandes endocrines - Malformations - Aspect social - Histoire

Glandes endocrines - Malformations - Histoire

Maladies dans l'art

Medecine dans l'art

Endocrine glands - Abnormalities - Social aspects - History

Endocrine glands - Abnormalities - History

History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-190) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The goiter beautiful : purity, sensuality, fertility -- The goiter grotesque : power, treachery, or humbleness? -- Little people : fascination or exploitation? -- Giants and acromegalics : stigma or stature? -- "An excess of seed" : endocrine disorders of the sex glands, adrenal glands, and parathyroid glands.