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Photographs of a Rite of Passage in American Medicine 1880-1930
Bloomberg Press
May 2009
On Sale: May 1, 2009
208 pages
ISBN: 0922233349
EAN: 9780922233342
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Photography
"Cadavers, camera, action!" (The New York Times Book
Review). From the advent of photography in the 19th and
into the 20th century, medical students, often in secrecy,
took photographs of themselves with the cadavers that they
dissected: their first patients. Featuring 138 of these
historic photographs and illuminating essays by two experts
on the subject, Dissection reveals a startling piece of
American history. Sherwin Nuland, MD, said this is "a truly
unique and important book [that] documents a period in
medical education in a way that is matched by no other
existing contribution." And Mary Roach said Dissection "is
the most extraordinary book I have ever seen--the perfect
coffee table book for all the households where I'd most
like to be invited for coffee."
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