Body of work : meditations on mortality from the human anatomy lab / Christine Montross.

  • Montross, Christine.
Date:
2007
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Also known as

Meditations on mortality from the human anatomy lab

Publication/Creation

New York : Penguin Press, 2007.

Physical description

295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-295).

Contents

Preface: mystery -- Bone box -- First cut -- Breath and blood -- Anatomical precedence -- Origins of a corpse -- In pursuit of wonder -- The bodies of strangers -- Toll -- The discomfort of doctoring -- An unsteady balance -- Pelvis -- Dismantled -- Epilogue: good-bye.

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    History of Medicine
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ISBN

  • 9781594201257
  • 1594201250