Book ID: CBB000302137

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (2003)

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Roach, Mary (Author)


W. W. Norton & Co.


Publication Date: 2003
Physical Details: 303 pp.; ill.; bibl.
Language: English

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Review O'Connor, Erin (2004) Review of "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 105). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Hurren, Elizabeth T.
Tafuri, Domenico
Carroll, Melissa A.
Vaccarezza, Mauro
Varotto, Elena
Galassi, Francesco
Journals
Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Nuova Rivista di Storia della Medicina
Medicina Historica
Mefisto: Rivista di medicina, filosofia, storia
Vesalius
Spontaneous Generations
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
Princeton University Press
L'Erma di Bretschneider
Blast Books
Concepts
Dissection
Medicine
Medical education and teaching
Human anatomy
Anatomy
Hospitals and clinics
People
Vesalius, Andreas
Hunter, John
Harvey, William
Thurlow, Thomas
Leonardo da Vinci
Hunter, William
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
16th century
Renaissance
17th century
20th century, early
Places
Great Britain
United States
Italy
Vercelli
Milan (Italy)
England
Institutions
Oxford University
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