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Title: THE SICK ROSE
OR; DISEASE AND THE ART OF MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION
By: Richard Barnett
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 0500517347
ISBN 13: 9780500517345
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Publisher: THAMES & HUDSON LTD
Pub. date: 1 April, 2014
Pages: 256
Description: Presents a visual tour through disease in an age before colour photography. This volume combines detailed illustrations of afflicted patients from some of the worlds rarest medical books, that forms a profoundly human reminder of mankinds struggle with disease. It features historic maps, pioneering charts and contemporary case notes.
Synopsis: The Sick Rose is a beautifully gruesome and strangely fascinating visual tour through disease in an age before colour photography. This stunning volume, combining detailed illustrations of afflicted patients from some of the worlds rarest medical books, forms an unforgettable and profoundly human reminder of mankinds struggle with disease. Incorporating historic maps, pioneering charts and contemporary case notes, Richard Barnetts evocative overview reveals the fears and obsessions of an era gripped by epidemics.
Illustrations: 354 illustrations, 345 in colour
Publication: UK
Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Returns: Returnable
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