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Visualizing Disease V i s ua l i z i n g I D S AS e E The Art and History of Pathological Illustrations domenico bertoloni meli The University of Chicago Press Chicago and London The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London © 2017 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations in critical articles and reviews. For more information, contact the University of Chicago Press, 1427 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637. Published 2017 Printed in China 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 1 2 3 4 5 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-11029-5 (cloth) ISBN-13: 978-0-226-46363-6 (e-book) DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226463636.001.0001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Bertoloni Meli, Domenico, author. Title: Visualizing disease : the art and history of pathological illustrations / Domenico Bertoloni Meli. Description: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016057353 | ISBN 9780226110295 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780226463636 (e-book) Subjects: LCSH: Medical illustration—History. | Medicine and art—History. | Anatomy, Artistic—History. Classification: LCC R836 .B47 2017 | DDC 610.22/2—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016057353 ∞ This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48–1992 (Permanence of Paper). A physician, in looking at his patient, ought, in imagination, to turn him inside out. Anne Hope, Memoir THis book is dedicATed To THe memory of All THose pATienTs wHose medicAl condiTion fosTered THe sTudy of diseAse Contents Preface xi Introduction: Bodies, Diseases, Images 1 1 2 Visualizing Disease in the Early “Sic nata est anatome pathologica Modern Period picta”: The Diseases of Bones 23 53 3 4 Preserved Specimens and Intermezzo: Identifying Comprehensive Treatises Disease in Its Inception 81 107 5 6 The Nosology of Cutaneous Diseases Morbid Anatomy in Color 125 155 7 Comprehensive Treatises in Color 185 Concluding Reflections 211 Acknowledgments Notes 223 231 Illustration Credits Bibliography 225 253 List of Abbreviations Index 229 285
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