Knoeff, Rina (Editor)
Zwijnenberg, Robert (Editor)
Ashgate
Physical Details: xx + 305 pp.
Language: English
Almost every medical faculty possesses anatomical and/or pathological collections: human and animal preparations, wax- and other models, as well as drawings, photographs, documents and archives relating to them. In many institutions these collections are well-preserved, but in others they are poorly maintained and rendered inaccessible to medical and other audiences. This volume explores the changing status of anatomical collections from the early modern period to date. It is argued that anatomical and pathological collections are medically relevant not only for future generations of medical faculty and future research, but they are also important in the history of medicine, the history of the institutions to which they belong, and to the wider understanding of the cultural history of the body. Moreover, anatomical collections are crucial to new scholarly inter-disciplinary studies that investigate the interaction between arts and sciences, especially medicine, and offer a venue for the study of interactions between anatomists, scientists, anatomical artists and other groups, as well as the display and presentation of natural history and medical cabinets. In considering the fate of anatomical collections - and the importance of the keeper's decisions with respect to collections - this volume will make an important methodological contribution to the study of collections and to discussions on how to preserve universities' academic heritage.
...MoreReview Carin Berkowitz (2016) Review of "The Fate of Anatomical Collections". Bulletin of the History of Medicine (pp. 718-719).
Review Jennifer Wallis (2016) Review of "The Fate of Anatomical Collections". British Journal for the History of Science (pp. 127-129).
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