Anatomica - A Compendium of Blood, Bones and Bodies
a cabinet of medical curiosities
$61.68
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
5 February 2026
Summary
Anatomica is crammed with curiosities from every area of medical practice and illustrated with images from Andreas Vesalius’ De humani corporis fabrica. It offers a wealth of stories and anecdotes of medical advance and failure across two millennia of history, from the humoral theory of the ancients to the microbial discoveries of Pasteur, and from the era of unanaesthetized battlefield amputation to the wonders of modern-day transplant surgery.
Reeking of pus, putre…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784975005 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784975001 |
| Author: | Mary Dobson |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Apollo |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 5 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 685g |
| Dimensions: | 185mm x 185mm |
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About The Author
Mary Dobson
Mary Dobson is a historian of medicine. She has held a number of Research Fellowships, including a Harkness Fellowship at Harvard University, and was formerly Director of the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, Oxford.
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