Elegant Anatomy - The Eighteenth-Century Leiden Anatomical Collections (Hardcover)

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 seem strange, and undeniably have a morbid aesthetic, yet are neither curiosities nor art. As this book deals with issues related to the keeping and displaying of historical human remains, it is highly relevant for material culture and museum studies, cultural history, the history of scientific collections and the history of medicine alike. Unlike existing literature on historical anatomical collections, this book takes the objects in the collections as its starting point, instead of the people that created them.

General

Imprint:	Brill
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	History of Science and Medicine Library, 47
Release date:	October 2014
Authors:	Marieke M. A. Hendriksen
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	249
ISBN-13:	978-90-04-26278-2
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Anatomy > General Promotions
LSN:	90-04-26278-4
Barcode:	9789004262782

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