Rhinoplasty and the Nose in Early Modern British Medicine and Culture

This book explores early modern British responses to nose reconstruction, and the concerns and possibilities raised by rumoured nose transplants.

List of contents

List of figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction: To Supply the Scandalous Want of that Obvious Part
1 Reading and feigning faces
2 Taliacotian rhinoplasty
3 The circulation of surgical knowledge
4 Satirising sympathy
5 Dear flesh: noses on sale
Conclusion: Changing noses, changing fortunes
Works cited

About the author

Emily Cock is a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow in the Department of History at Cardiff University

Summary

This book explores early modern British responses to nose reconstruction, and the concerns and possibilities raised by rumoured nose transplants. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Emily Cock, Cock Emily Emily
• Assisted by: David Cantor (Editor), Keir Waddington (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9781526137166
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-3716-6
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Social Histories of Medicine
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; History, HISTORY / General, MEDICAL / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, cosmetic surgery, History of Medicine, c 1500 onwards to present day, Archaeology, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, MEDICAL / Surgery / Cosmetic & Reconstructive