Paolo Savoia

Gaspare Tagliacozzi and Early Modern Surgery

Faces, Men, and Pain

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book uses the work of Bolognese physician and anatomist Gaspare Tagliacozzi to explore the social and cultural history of early modern surgery; it discusses how Italian and European surgeons' attitudes to health and beauty, and how patients' gender shaped views on the public appearance of the human body.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 154mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9780367201739
• ISBN-10: 0367201739
• Artikelnr.: 58440290

Autorenporträt

Paolo Savoia is Assistant Professor of the History of Science at the University of Bologna.

Inhaltsangabe

acknowledgments
list of abbreviations
list of figures
Introduction
Chapter 1. Patients and Cases
Chapter 2. Patients and Practitioners: Swords, Books, and Knives
Chapter 3. The Culture of the Face
Chapter 4. Health and Appearance
Chapter 5. Grafting Humans and Plants
Chapter 6. Surgery and The Moral Economy of Pain
Chapter 7. Conclusion: The Place of Tagliacozzi
bibliography