The Malleable Body

Surgeons, Artisans, and Amputees in Early Modern Germany

Heidi Hausse

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English

Manchester University Press
01 May 2023

Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Social & cultural history; History of medicine; Plastic & reconstructive surgery

Series: Social Histories of Medicine

This book uses amputation and prostheses to tell a new story about medicine and embodied knowledge-making in early modern Europe.

It draws on the writings of craft surgeons and learned physicians to follow the heated debates that arose from changing practices of removing limbs, uncovering tense moments in which decisions to operate were made. Importantly, it teases out surgeons’ ideas about the body embedded in their technical instructions. This unique study also explores the material culture of mechanical hands that amputees commissioned locksmiths, clockmakers, and other artisans to create, revealing their roles in developing a new prosthetic technology. Over two centuries of surgical and artisanal interventions emerged a growing perception, fundamental to biomedicine today, that humans could alter the body — that it was malleable.

By: Heidi Hausse
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 739g
ISBN: 9781526160652
ISBN 10: 152616065X
Series: Social Histories of Medicine
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 May 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Heidi Hausse is Assistant Professor of History at Auburn University -- .

Reviews for The Malleable Body: Surgeons, Artisans, and Amputees in Early Modern Germany

'Overall, Hausse has offered a thoughtful and stimulating contribution that will shape the history of early modern surgery for years to come and appeal to readers interested in social histories of medicine as well as histories of disability, material culture, and craft and artisanship.' Social History of Medicine -- .