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Pathology and visual culture : the scientific artworks of Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot and the Salpêtrière School / Natasha Ruiz-Gomez.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ruiz-Gómez, Natasha, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Charcot, J. M. (Jean Martin), 1825-1893.
- Charcot, J. M.
- Salpêtrière (Hospital).
- Medicine and art--France--History--19th century.
- Medicine and art.
- Pathology--France--History--19th century.
- Pathology.
- France.
- Genre:
- History
- Physical Description:
- xv, 207 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "Examines the extraordinary drawings, photographs, casts, and sculptures produced by Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893) and the Salpêtrière School that combine medical knowledge and artistic expression"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : clinicians and artists
- Curating pathology at the Musée Charcot
- The art of retouching at the Salpêtrière
- The Ataxic Venus : between portrait and specimen
- Paul Richer, sculpting pathology
- Coda : the Salpêtrière at the École des beaux-arts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780271096803
- 0271096802
- OCLC:
- 1409701399
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