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The anatomical Renaissance: the resurrection of the anatomical projects of the ancients
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ISBN: 1859283381 Year: 1997 Publisher: Aldershot Scolar

Studies in pre-vesalian anatomy : biography, translations, documents
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ISBN: 0871691043 Year: 1975 Publisher: Philadelphia : ©1975 American Philosophical Society,


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The making of Mr Gray's anatomy
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ISBN: 9780199552993 0199552991 Year: 2008 Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press,

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Gray's Anatomy is probably one of the most iconic scientific books ever published: an illustrated textbook of anatomy that is still a household name 150 years since its first edition in 1858, known for its rigorously scientific text, and masterful illustrations as beautiful as they are detailed. The Making of Mr Gray's Anatomy tells the story of the creation of this remarkable book, and the individuals who made it happen. It is the story of changing attitudes in the mid-19th century; of the social impact of science, the changing status of medicine; of poverty and class; of craftsmanship and technology.


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Anxieties of Interiority and Dissection in Early Modern Spain
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ISBN: 1442618892 9781442618893 9781442648869 1442648864 1442618906 1487556446 Year: 2018 Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press,

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Anxieties of Interiority and Dissection in Early Modern Spainbrings the study of Europe's "culture of dissection" to the Iberian peninsula, presenting a neglected episode in the development of the modern concept of the self.

Books of the body : anatomical ritual and renaissance learning
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ISBN: 0226092879 Year: 1999 Publisher: Chicago, Ill. The University of Chicago Press

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We usually see the Renaissance as a marked departure from older traditions, but Renaissance scholars often continued to cling to the teachings of the past. For instance, despite the evidence of their own dissections, which contradicted ancient and medieval texts, Renaissance anatomists continued to teach those outdated views for nearly two centuries. In 'Books of the Body,' Andrea Carlino explores the nature and causes of this intellectual inertia. On the one hand, anatomical practice was constrained by a reverence for classical texts and the belief that the study of anatomy was more properly part of natural philosophy than of medicine. On the other hand, cultural resistance to dissection and dismemberment of the human body, as well as moral and social norms that governed access to cadavers and the ritual of their public display in the anatomy theater, also delayed anatomy's development. A fascinating history of both Renaissance anatomists and the bodies they dissected, this book will interest anyone studying Renaissance science, medicine, art, religion, and society.

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