A Medical History of Skin - Scratching the Surface

Informationen zum Autor Kevin Patrick Siena Klappentext Diseases affecting the skin have tended to provoke a response of particular horror in society. This collection of essays uses case studies to chart the medical history of skin from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. Zusammenfassung Diseases affecting the skin have tended to provoke a response of particular horror in society. This collection of essays uses case studies to chart the medical history of skin from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Contributors, List of Figures and Tables, Scratching the Surface: An Introduction – Kevin Siena and Jonathan Reinarz, Part I: The Emerging Skin Field, Part II: Skin, Stigma and Identity, Part III: Skin, Disease and Visual Culture, Afterword: Reading the Skin, Discerning the Landscape: A Geo-historical, Perspective of our Human Surface – Philip K. Wilson, Notes, Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jonathan (EDT)/ Siena Reinarz, Kevin Patrick Siena, Siena Kevin Patrick
• Editore: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2013
• EAN: 9781848934139
• ISBN: 978-1-84893-413-9
• Pagine: 256
• Serie: Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; MEDICAL / Dermatology, MEDICAL / History, History of Medicine, Dermatology