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Historical Bibliography Updated: March 19, 2020

Paper bodies: A catalogue of anatomical fugitive sheets 1538-1687. (Medical History, Supplement No. 19)

Publication Details

London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1999 CE.

Describes bibliographically and illustrates the approximately 60 different surviving fugitive sheets together with essays on "The visual culture of Renaissance anatomy," "Anatomical fugitive sheets: Printing, prints and the spread of anatomy in the sixteenth century", "The birth of an anatomical icon",  and "Knowe theyself: The uses and functions of anatomical images".There is also a useful bibliography of primary and secondary sources.

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Entry Number#7546
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/9718
External URLpaper-bodies-a-catalogue-of-anatomical-fugitive-sheets-15381687-medical-history-supplement-no-19

Geographic Context

Publication place: London