Bibliograph

The sick rose, or: disease and the art of medical illustration, Richard Barnett

Type

Label

The sick rose, or: disease and the art of medical illustration, Richard Barnett

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The sick rose

Responsibility statement

Richard Barnett

Sub title

or: disease and the art of medical illustration

Summary

The Sick Rose is a beautifully gruesome and strangely fascinating visual tour through disease in an age before colour photography. This stunning volume, combining detailed illustrations of afflicted patients from some of the world's rarest medical books, forms an unforgettable and profoundly human reminder of mankind's struggle with disease

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Disease and the art of medical illustration

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