Mtter Museum Historic Medical Photographs

Laura Lindgren, Gretchen Worden, College of Physicians of Philadelphia

$99.99

Hardback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Blast Books,U.S.
28 November 2007

Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Photographs: collections; History of medicine

Summary
Details

The first book on the Mtter Museum contain artful images of the museum's fascinating exhibits shot by contemporary fine art photographers. Here, the focus is on the museum's archive of rare historic photographs, most of which have never been seen by the public. Featured are poignant, aesthetically accomplished works ranging from Civil War photographs showing injury and recovery, to the ravages of diseases not yet conquered in the 19th century, to pathological anomalies, to psychological disorders. Many were taken by talented photographers between the 1860s and the 1940s as records for physicians to share among colleagues and to track patients' conditions, and demonstrate various techniques used in medical photography including the daguerreotype, micrography, X ray, and traditional portrait-style photography. As visual documents of what humans endured in the face of limited medical knowledge, these extraordinary and haunting photographs demonstrate how far medicine has advanced.

By: College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Introduction by: Gretchen Worden
Edited by: Laura Lindgren
Imprint: Blast Books,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 228mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 1.389kg
ISBN: 9780922233281
ISBN 10: 0922233284
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 28 November 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active