Book ID: CBB000302238

The Most Beautiful Man in Existence: The Scandalous Life of Alexander Lesassier (1999)

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Rosner, Lisa (Author)


University of Pennsylvania Press


Publication Date: 1999
Physical Details: xii + 254 pp., illus., bibl., index
Language: English

Description On the medical doctor and military surgeon.


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Review Jenkinson, Jacqueline (2004) Review of "The Most Beautiful Man in Existence: The Scandalous Life of Alexander Lesassier". Social History of Medicine (p. 138). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Magyar, László András
Spartaco Gippoliti
Dobson, Szabolcs
Crucitti, Pierangelo
Badino, Paola
Pezzoni, Barbara
Journals
Medicina Historica
Journal of Medical Biography
Würzburger Medizinhistorische Mitteilungen
Vesalius
Medicina nei Secoli - Arte e Scienza
Archiwum Historii i Filozofii Medycyny
Publishers
William Sessions
Wallstein Verlag
VLB
University of Tennessee Press
University of Delaware Press
Published for the Boston Medical Library by Science History Publications
Concepts
Medicine
Biographies
Physicians; doctors
Medicine and the military; medicine in war
Surgery
Biology
People
Edoardo Zavattari
Edouard Rostan
La Cava, Francesco
Ehrlich, Paul
Sharpey, William
Schmidt, Johann Adam
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
20th century, early
Places
Italy
Great Britain
Liverpool (England)
Cracow (Poland)
Québec (Canada)
Prague (Czechia)
Institutions
Uniwersytet Jagielloński (Cracow)
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