Morbid curiosities
Subtitle: medical museums in nineteenth-century Britain
By: Samuel J.M.M. Alberti
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780199584581
Subjects: Teratology; History; Exhibitions; Medical museums; Museums; History, 19th Century; Natuurwetenschappelijke musea; Pathology; Human Body; Geneeskunde
Description: 'Morbid Curiosities' is a comprehensive study of 19th-century medical museums in Britain. This book looks at the variety of collections of human remains in Britain and is a history of the material culture of medical knowledge.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-229) and index.