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The Fate of Anatomical Collections
Almost every medical faculty possesses anatomical and/or pathological collections: human and animal preparations, wax- and other models, as well as drawings, photographs, documents and archives relating to them. In many institutions these collections are well-preserved, but in others they are poorly maintained and rendered inaccessible to medical and other audiences. This volume explores the changing status of anatomical collections from the early modern period to date. It is argued that anatomical and pathological collections are medically relevant not only for future generations of medical faculty and future research, but they are also important in the history of medicine, the history of t...
Pocket Horizon
"A 'pocket horizon' is an instrument for navigation: a small, smooth, darkened glass providing a reflective surface from which to take one's bearings when the true horizon cannot be seen. In this new anthology, an array of objects from the history of science and medicine serve as points of navigation for the seven contributors, who have worked with leading poet Don Paterson to refine and develop the poems collected here. The objects, originally found in the Whipple Museum, Cambridge and Wellcome Collection, London, include horses' teeth, a clockwork orrery depicting the universe, fragile hand-made glass fungi, and the prism used by Newton in his 'Crucial Experiment'. A parade of amputees mar...
Acronyms, Initialisms & Abbreviations Dictionary
Each volume separately titled: v. 1, Acronyms, initialisms & abbreviations dictionary; v. 2, New acronyms, initialisms & abbreviations (formerly issued independently as New acronyms and initialisms); v. 3, Reverse acronyms, initialisms & abbreviations dictionary (formerly issued independently as Reverse acronyms and initialisms dictionary).
