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The afterlife of the Leiden anatomical collections : hands on, hands off
Title
The afterlife of the Leiden anatomical collections : hands on, hands off / by Hieke Huistra.
ISBN
9781472461070
147246107X
9781315586144
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
Copyright Notice Date
©2019
Physical Description
xi, 173 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Summary
"The Afterlife of the Leiden Anatomical Collections starts where most stories end: after death. It tells the story of thousands of body parts kept in bottles and boxes in nineteenth-century Leiden - a story featuring a struggling medical student, more than one disappointed anatomist, a monstrous child, and a glorious past. Hieke Huistra blends historical analysis, morbid anecdotes, and humour to show how anatomical preparations moved into the hands of students and researchers, and out of the reach of lay audiences. In the process, she reveals what a centuries-old collection can teach us about the future fate of the biobanks we build today"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Huistra, Hieke, 1982- author. Afterlife of the Leiden anatomical collections New York : Routledge, 2019
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 17, 2018
Series
The history of medicine in context
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Remove lid before use: how students handled anatomical preparations
Make do and mend: how researchers used old collections in new medicine
Dead body in the closet: how lay visitors disappeared from institutional anatomical collections
Adieu Albinus: how the university governors lost their status symbol
Conclusion: in perpetual motion: anatomical collections then and now.
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