Chapter ID: CBB079397885

The Science and Ethics concerning the Legacy of Human Remains and Historical Collections: The Gordon Museum of Pathology in London (2021)

unapi

This paper addresses the issue concerning the legacy of human remains as it affects historical collections and museums of pathology, mentioning the legal approach to the dead. The changes ethical norms have undergone in recent decades in storing and exhibiting human remains, revealing a new moral attitude towards the manipulation of them, will be analysed. The Gordon Museum of Pathology at King’s College London, one of the largest pathology Museums in the world, will be presented as a case study to underline the educational value of antique and modern scientific collections. A series of pathological paintings and the wax models of the first British anatomical ceroplastic artist who worked in the nineteenth century will be discussed in order to remind us of the importance of the history of medical knowledge that acquires particular significance nowadays to document ancient, new and emerging diseases.

...More
Included in

Book Fabrizio Baldassarri; Fabio Zampieri (2021) Scientiae in the History of Medicine. unapi

Citation URI
https://data.isiscb.org/isis/citation/CBB079397885/

Similar Citations

Chapter Moira Ambrosi; Giuseppe Pieraccini; Giampaolo Ermini; Monica Galeotti; Claudia Corti; (2019)
The Anatomical Wax Models of the La Specola Museum: Analysis of the Degradation Process (/isis/citation/CBB473765977/)

Chapter Claudia Corti; (2019)
The Anatomical Wax Models Created at the La Specola Museum (/isis/citation/CBB009118844/)

Chapter Valerie Kaufmann; (2019)
The Conservation / Restoration of Life-size Wax Figures (/isis/citation/CBB844344682/)

Chapter William G.J. Edwards; (2019)
The Importance of Specimen Collections and Medical Museums (/isis/citation/CBB279917410/)

Book Roberta Ballestriero; Owen Burke; Francesco Galassi; (2019)
Ceroplastics: The Art of Wax (/isis/citation/CBB828682939/)

Chapter Pascale Pollier; (2019)
The Body in Pieces – Artists in the Medical Museum (/isis/citation/CBB563071113/)

Chapter Sabina Carraro; Michael L. Geiges; (2019)
Wax Moulage Restoration at the Museum of Wax Moulages Zurich (/isis/citation/CBB563060868/)

Chapter Marjorie Trusted; (2019)
German Waxes in the Victoria and Albert Museum: Realism and Emotion (/isis/citation/CBB927569186/)

Chapter Nicola Harrison; Efstratia Verveniotou; (2019)
The Conservation of Insect Wax Models at the Natural History Museum, London (/isis/citation/CBB801272928/)

Chapter Michael L. Geiges; Sabina Carraro; (2019)
The Museum of Wax Moulages in Zurich (/isis/citation/CBB862620741/)

Chapter Gabriela Sánchez Reyes; (2019)
Forgotten Devotional Objects: A Review of Ceroplastic Reliquaries in Mexico. 17th to 19th Centuries (/isis/citation/CBB783793073/)

Chapter Maria Carla Garbarino; Valentina Cani; Lidia Falomo Bernarduzzi; Maria Gabriella Cusella De Angelis; Paolo Mazzarello; (2019)
The Wax Models of the University History Museum: a Composite Heritage Between Past and Present (/isis/citation/CBB423858515/)

Article Bertoloni Meli, Domenico; (2015)
The Rise of Pathological Illustrations: Baillie, Bleuland, and Their Collections (/isis/citation/CBB001552433/)

Chapter Roberta Ballestriero; (2020)
La ceroplastica dermatologica del Gordon Museum of Pathology: lezioni per la medicina moderna (/isis/citation/CBB661219995/)

Chapter Veronica Papa; (2019)
Learning Anatomy from Statues (/isis/citation/CBB859644046/)

Authors & Contributors
Carraro, Sabina
Ballestriero, Roberta
Corti, Claudia
Geiges, Michael L.
Bernarduzzi, Lidia Falomo
Reyes, Gabriela Sánchez
Concepts
Anatomy
Medicine
Science and art
Human anatomy
Wax modeling
Medicine and art
Time Periods
Early modern
19th century
Modern
18th century
Renaissance
20th century
Places
London (England)
Italy
Florence (Italy)
Zurich (Switzerland)
Europe
Mexico
Comments

Be the first to comment!

{{ comment.created_by.username }} on {{ comment.created_on | date:'medium' }}

Log in or register to comment