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

A young man has a horrible motorcycle accident. He wakes up in the hospital to discover that one of his arms has been amputated. Then a portrait on the wall of his hospital room begins to speak to him. The subject of the painting introduces himself as Ambroise Paré, the French barber-surgeon who revolutionized the art of amputation. From this wonderfully absurd premise, the two begin an imaginary conversation that takes them through a sweeping history of surgical amputation, from the Stone Age to the Space Age. Unencumbered by pathos or didacticism, this graphic novel explores the world of amputation, revealing fascinating details about famous amputees throughout history, the invention of the tourniquet, phantom limb syndrome, types of prostheses, and transhumanist technologies.
Playfully illustrated and seriously funny, The Body Factory is sure to delight anyone interested in the history and future of medicine and how we repair--and even enhance--the body.

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 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.

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; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; 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