Malleable body, the: surgeons, artisans, and amputees in early modern germany
Auteur :
Hausse, Heidi
Éditeur :
Manchester University Press
ISBN :
9781526190833
Date de publication :
3 juin 2025
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
409 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This invaluable study reveals how practices for treating the loss of limbs in early modern Germany transformed western medicine. From amputations to mechanical arms, surgical and artisanal interventions forged a growing perception, fundamental to biomedicine today, that humans could alter the body—that it was malleable. -- .