The Sick Rose: Or; Disease and the Art of Medical Illustration

Name: The Sick Rose: Or; Disease and the Art of Medical Illustration
Brand: Thames & Hudson Ltd
SKU: 9780500517345
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By (author): Richard Barnett

The Sick Rose is a beautifully gruesome and strangely fascinating visual tour through disease in an age before colour photography. This stunning volume, combining detailed illustrations of afflicted patients from some of the worlds rarest medical books, forms an unforgettable and profoundly human reminder of mankinds struggle with disease. Incorporating historic maps, pioneering charts and contemporary case notes, Richard Barnetts evocative overview reveals the fears and obsessions of an era gripped by epidemics. See more

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Weight: 980g
Dimensions: 170 x 240mm
Publication Date: 02 Jun 2014
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780500517345

About Richard Barnett

Richard Barnett studied medicine before becoming a historian. His writing has appeared in The Lancet The London Magazine and The Natural Death Handbook. His first book Medical London: City of Diseases City of Cures was published in 2008 and was a Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4. His second book The Sick Rose published by Thames & Hudson was the winner of The British Book Design and Production Awards. Richard has also appeared on BBC4's The Beauty of Anatomy. He is currently Director of studies in History Pembroke-Kings Programme University of Cambridge and Honorary Research Fellow UCL.