The sick rose, or, Disease and the art of medical illustration / Richard Barnett
2014, First Edition. London: Thames & Hudson. Fine quarter-copy in the original colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #379721
ISBN: 9780500517345
Physical description: 253 pages : 354 illustrations (chiefly colour), maps ; 25 cm. Notes: includes bibliographical references (pages 244-245) and index. Contents: I. Skin Diseases: The Boundary of the Body -- II. Leprosy: More than Skin Deep -- III. Smallpox: Blistered by Act of Parliament -- IV. Tuberculosis: The White Death -- V. Cholera: A Free Trade in Disease -- VI. Cancer: The Claws of the Crab -- VII. Heart Disease: Crowns and Murmurs -- VIII. Venereal Diseases: A Lifetime with Mercury -- IX. Parasites: Colonizers Colonized -- X. Gout: Fashionable Agony. Subjects: Medical illustration History 19th century ; Pictorial works. Communicable diseases Europe, Western History 19th century ; Pictorial works. Diseases ; Pictorial works. Neoplasms history
Gout history. Sexually Transmitted Diseases history. Skin Diseases history. Smallpox history. Leprosy history. Medicine in the Arts history.
Price: €30.00