The Medicine Cabinet
The story of health & and disease told through extraordinary objects
Seiten
2019
Welbeck (Verlag)
978-0-233-00610-9 (ISBN)
Welbeck (Verlag)
978-0-233-00610-9 (ISBN)
A compendium of over 100 astonishing objects related to the story of medicine.
The Medicine Cabinet is a beautifully curated and expertly written compendium of over 100 astonishing objects related to the story of medicine. Each object is cared for by London's Science Museum, which houses one of the largest and most significant collections of medical artefacts in the world – including a Bronze Age trepanned skull, healing water from an Ancient Greek well, a seventeenth-century barber's pole, a pharmacist's ceramic leech jar, a gold memento mori ring, First World War blood transfusion apparatus and a prototype MRI scanner.
Each object is a profound reminder of the fragility of human existence, but also of the extraordinary lengths gone to by scientists, medical professionals and ordinary people in the attempt to conquer mortality. Published in association with the Science Museum, The Medicine Cabinet is a rich visual exploration of life, death and everything in between.
The Medicine Cabinet is a beautifully curated and expertly written compendium of over 100 astonishing objects related to the story of medicine. Each object is cared for by London's Science Museum, which houses one of the largest and most significant collections of medical artefacts in the world – including a Bronze Age trepanned skull, healing water from an Ancient Greek well, a seventeenth-century barber's pole, a pharmacist's ceramic leech jar, a gold memento mori ring, First World War blood transfusion apparatus and a prototype MRI scanner.
Each object is a profound reminder of the fragility of human existence, but also of the extraordinary lengths gone to by scientists, medical professionals and ordinary people in the attempt to conquer mortality. Published in association with the Science Museum, The Medicine Cabinet is a rich visual exploration of life, death and everything in between.
Edited by Natasha McEnroe and Selina Hurley, respectively Keeper of Medicine and Curator of the Medicine Galleries at the Science Museum, and featuring texts from curators of the Galleries. The Science Museum was founded in 1857, and its world-class collection forms an enduring record of scientific, technological and medical advancement from across the globe.
Introduction • Belief • Birth and Death • Assistive Technologies • Surgery • Diagnosis • Drugs and Pharmacy • Public Health • Hospitals • Understanding Our Bodies • War • Index and Acknowledgements.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 30.09.2019 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 200 clr and b&w photos and illus |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 185 x 237 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-233-00610-9 / 0233006109 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-233-00610-9 / 9780233006109 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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