The Body Factory - From the First Prosthetics to the Augmented Human

A graphic novel exploring amputation, revealing details about famous amputees throughout history, the invention of the tourniquet, phantom limb syndrome, types of prostheses, and transhumanist technologies.

About the author

Héloïse Chochois is a scientific illustrator who debuted as a graphic novelist with the blog Infiltrée chez les physiciens. She is the author and illustrator of Intelligences artificielles.

Summary

A young man has a horrible motorcycle accident. He wakesup in the hospital to discover that one of his arms has been amputated. Then aportrait on the wall of his hospital room begins to speak to him. The subject ofthe painting introduces himself as Ambroise Paré, the Frenchbarber-surgeon who revolutionized the art of amputation. From this wonderfullyabsurd premise, the two begin an imaginary conversation that takes them througha sweeping history of surgical amputation, from the Stone Age to the Space Age.Unencumbered by pathos or didacticism, this graphic novel explores the world ofamputation, revealing fascinating details about famous amputees throughouthistory, the invention of the tourniquet, phantom limb syndrome, types ofprostheses, and transhumanist technologies.
Playfully illustrated and seriously funny, TheBody Factory is sure to delight anyone interested in the history and future ofmedicine and how we repairï¿9;and evenenhanceï¿9;the body.

Additional text

“This surprisingly delightful and empathetic
examination offers an exemplar in the graphic medicine genre.” -starred
review, Publishers Weekly

Product details

• Authors: Heloise Chochois, Héloïse Chochois, Heloise Chochois
• Assisted by: Kendra Boileau (Translation), Kendra (Penn State Press) Boileau (Translation), Jeremy Melloul (Translation)
• Publisher: Diamond US
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 13 to 16
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.05.2021
• EAN: 9780271087061
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08706-1
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 254 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Raster, farbig
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Anatomy, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology, prosthetics, PHYSIOLOGY, MEDICAL / Anatomy, MEDICAL / Biotechnology, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction / General, Graphic Novels: True Stories & Non-Fiction, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology