num_pages: 256
description: This book published at the end of May 2013 brings together a unique collaboration of curators and scholars from Europe and the United States to open up new perspectives on the past present and future of medical museums.Offering readers unrivalled access to international collections of preserved animal and human bodies instruments and art Medical Museums features many previously unpublished images and untold stories from this fascinating and disturbing world.Medical Museums is a bold eclectic anthology that offers readers a unique opportunity to experience this compelling heritage through clearly written well-informed text and sumptuous images. Insightful essays informed by current debates in medical history anthropology museology and visual studies are complemented by astonishing images provided by both well-known and niche museums from around the world. With unparalleled coverage provided by curators the 17 richly illustrated chapters explore collections from Aberdeen to Zurich including: Berlin (the Charit) Cleveland (the Dittrick) Copenhagen (the Medical Museion) Edinburgh (Surgeons Hall) Florence (La Specola) Leiden London (the Hunterian Museum the Science Museum and Wellcome Collection) Philadelphia (the Mtter) Stockholm (the Karolinska Institute) Washington DC (the National Museum of Health and Medicine and the Smithsonian).
language: English
title: Medical Museums: Past, Present, Future
publisher: Royal College of Surgeons of England