The afterlife of images : translating the pathological body between China and the West /

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"In 1739 China's emperor authorized the publication of a medical text that included images of children with smallpox to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease. Those images made their way to Europe, where they were interpreted as indicative of the ill health and medical backward...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Heinrich, Larissa (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.
Series:Body, commodity, text.
Subjects:
1700-1799
Medical illustration > History.
Medicine in art > History.
Missions, Medical > China > History.
Medicine > China > History.
Health attitudes.
Cross-cultural studies.
Medicine > History > 18th century.
Medicine and art > History.
Medicine in the Arts
Attitude to Health
Cross-Cultural Comparison
History, 18th Century
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Medical Illustration > history
Missions and Missionaries > history
Stereotyping
Illustration médicale > Histoire.
Médecine et art > Histoire.
Missions médicales > Chine > Histoire.
Médecine > Chine > Histoire.
Médecine dans l'art > Histoire.
Attitudes à l'égard de la santé.
Études transculturelles.
Médecine > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
MEDICAL > History.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Medicine and art.
Medicine in art.
Medical illustration.
Medicine.
Missions, Medical.
Chinabild
Krankheit
Bildliche Darstellung
Kulturkontakt
Europe.
China
Europe
United States
China.
Westliche Welt
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
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The Afterlife of Images : Translating the Pathological Body between China and the West /
by Heinrich, Larissa
Published 2008
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