Screening the body: tracing medicine's visual culture
Auteur :
Cartwright, Lisa
Éditeur :
University of Minnesota Press
ISBN :
9780816622900
Date de publication :
9 mars 1995
Dimensions :
22,9 x 14,9 x 2,8 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Moving images are used as diagnostic tools and locational devices in hospitals, clinics and laboratories. But how and when did such use become established/accepted sources of knowledge about the body in medical culture? This book traces the history of scientific film since the late 19th century.