Rhinoplasty and the nose in early modern British medicine and culture / Emily Cock.

  • Cock, Emily
Date:
2019
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.

Physical description

viii, 315 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm.

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-307) and index.

Contents

Introduction: To supply the scandalous want of that obvious part -- Reading and disguising faces -- Taliacotian rhinoplasty -- The circulation of surgical knowledge -- Satirising sympathy -- Dear flesh: noses on sale -- Conclusion: Changing noses, changing fortunes.

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    History of Medicine
    RI.RSS.AA6-7
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ISBN

  • 9781526137166
  • 152613716X