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Crucial Interventions - An Illustrated Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Nineteenth Century Surgery by Richard Barnett
$45.00 AUD
Category: Art history
The nineteenth century saw major advances in the practice of surgery. In 1750, the anatomist John Hunter described it as “a humiliating spectacle of the futility of science”; yet, over the next 150 years the feared, practical men of medicine benefited from a revolution in scientific progress and the inc ...Show more
Sick Rose Disease and the Art of Medical Illustration by Richard Barnett
$39.95 AUD
Category: History
The Sick Rose is a visual tour through the golden age of medical illustration. The nineteenth century experienced an explosion of epidemics such as cholera and diphtheria, driven by industrialization, urbanization and poor hygiene. In this pre-color-photography era, accurate images were relied upon to t ...Show more
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