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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.

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'It’s a transfixing, sublime collection of portraits of the highest art' - The Times
'Astonishing images of the dissected and diseased … superbly erudite and lucid accompanying text … Here we see unpacked the mortal elements of many anonymous individuals - and by extension our own' - Will Self, The Guardian
'Appalling, if brilliantly rendered …. A fascinating book, albeit only for those with strong stomachs' - Nature
'A fascinating, gruesome look at how the medical profession depicted afflictions before colour photography' - The Big Issue

The Sick Rose Or Disease and the Art of Medical

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      Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
      Publication Date: 02/06/2014
      ISBN13: 9780500517345, 978-0500517345
      ISBN10: 0500517347
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      'It’s a transfixing, sublime collection of portraits of the highest art' - The Times
      'Astonishing images of the dissected and diseased … superbly erudite and lucid accompanying text … Here we see unpacked the mortal elements of many anonymous individuals - and by extension our own' - Will Self, The Guardian
      'Appalling, if brilliantly rendered …. A fascinating book, albeit only for those with strong stomachs' - Nature
      'A fascinating, gruesome look at how the medical profession depicted afflictions before colour photography' - The Big Issue

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