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Stiffs, skulls & skeletons : medical photography and symbolism

Title: Stiffs, skulls & skeletons : medical photography and symbolism / Stanley B. Burns, Elizabeth A. Burns ; foreword by James M. Edmonson.
Author: Burns, Stanley B.
Publication: Atglen, PA : Schiffer Publishing Ltd., [2015]

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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	MFW+ 15-4185	Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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Additional Authors

Burns, Elizabeth A.

Description

327 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits; 31 cm.

Summary

"This intriguing and comprehensive exploration of the skeleton and the dead body includes more than 400 rare photographs. Stanley B. Burns, MD, has studied, collected and written on medical photography for over four decades focusing on unexplored areas. His books have placed him in the forefront of medical photographic history scholarship. This work reveals the nineteenth-century fascination with the dead body and body parts. The classic visual iconography of postmortem, dissection, and bone photography is presented and expanded to include early autopsy images and X-ray studies. No prior visual work has presented the once very popular hobby of collecting skulls and also shown their use in racial and psychological profiling research. This sumptuously illustrated book with previously unpublished photographs is an extraordinary work of medical, historical and cultural research. It is a timeless visual essay that will surely become a standard resource for collectors, curators, artists, and scholars"--Publisher's website.

Series Statement

A Burns Archive book

Uniform Title

Burns Archive book.

Alternative Title

Stiffs, skulls, and skeletons : medical photography and symbolism

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-324).

Call Number

MFW+ 15-4185

ISBN

9780764347467
0764347462

LCCN

2014950508

OCLC

880758154

Author

Burns, Stanley B., author.

Title

Stiffs, skulls & skeletons : medical photography and symbolism / Stanley B. Burns, Elizabeth A. Burns ; foreword by James M. Edmonson.

Publisher

Atglen, PA : Schiffer Publishing Ltd., [2015]

Edition

Schiffer special edition.

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

A Burns Archive book

Burns Archive book.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-324).

Added Author

Burns, Elizabeth A., author.

Note

Stiffs, skulls, and skeletons : medical photography and symbolism

Research Call Number

MFW+ 15-4185

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