The malleable body : surgeons, artisans, and amputees in early modern Germany
This invaluable study reveals how practices for treating the loss of limbs in early modern Germany transformed western medicine. From amputations to mechanical arms, surgical and artisanal interventions forged a growing perception, fundamental to biomedicine today, that humans could alter the body--...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Manchester : Manchester University Press,
2023
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Social Histories of Medicine
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| Schlagworte: | Orthopedic surgery Human body and technology Medicine Extremities (Anatomy) Surgery History Amputation, Surgical Germany History of medicine |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (288 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | This invaluable study reveals how practices for treating the loss of limbs in early modern Germany transformed western medicine. From amputations to mechanical arms, surgical and artisanal interventions forged a growing perception, fundamental to biomedicine today, that humans could alter the body--that it was malleable. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (288 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781526160669 1526160668 9781526160652 152616065X |