Bodies Politic - Disease, Death and Doctors in Britain 1650-1900

In this work, Roy Porter takes a critical look at representations of the body in death, disease and health, and at images of the healing arts in Britain from the mid-17th to the 20th century.

Product details

• Authors: Porter, Robert Porter, Roy Porter
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2003
• EAN: 9781861891655
• ISBN: 978-1-86189-165-5
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Picturing History; Picturing History (Reaktion Bo; Picturing History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General