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Elegant anatomy : the eighteenth-century Leiden anatomical collections /
"In Elegant Anatomy Marieke Hendriksen offers an account of the material culture of the eighteenth-century Leiden anatomical collections, which have not been studied in detail before. The author introduces the novel analytical concept of aesthesis, as these historical medical collections may se...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Brill,
2015.
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| Colección: | History of science and medicine library ;
volume 47. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Understanding eighteenth-century Leiden anatomy
- Elegant anatomy : aesthesis
- Quicksilver anatomy : exploring the lymphatic system with mercury
- Hands, lace and plants : meaningful embellishments
- Beautiful monsters : how deformity can be elegant
- Colonial bodies : collecting the exotic other
- Back to the bone : the end of aesthesis
- Conclusion: Aesthesis and the future of historical anatomical collections.