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Figures of Medicine: Blood, Face Transplants, Parasites
François Delaporte
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What does the infamous face transplant in France in 2005 share with the examination of “swollen faces” in Latin America in the 1930s? What does blood transfusion in Europe during the 17th century have in common with the discovery of mosquitoes as parasitic vectors in China at the close of the 19th century? And, last, how does the reconstruction of noses using skin flaps in Bologna in the 16th century relate to the opening of a forehead cyst in Guatemala in 1916? The six essays that form Figures of Medicine present a wealth of symmetries. François Delaporte shows that each ... Read more
What does the infamous face transplant in France in 2005 share with the examination of “swollen faces” in Latin America in the 1930s? What does blood transfusion in Europe during the 17th century have in common with the discovery of mosquitoes as parasitic vectors in China at the close of the 19th century? And, last, how does the reconstruction of noses using skin flaps in Bologna in the 16th century relate to the opening of a forehead cyst in Guatemala in 1916? The six essays that form Figures of Medicine present a wealth of symmetries. François Delaporte shows that each ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823244454
SKU
V9780823244454
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About François Delaporte
François Delaporte is Professor Emeritus of the University of Picardia Jules Verne. Several of his books have been translated into English, including Disease and Civilization: The Cholera in Paris, 1832; The History of Yellow Fever; Anatomy of the Passions; and Nature’s Second Kingdom. He also edited A Vital Rationalist: Selected Writings of Georges Canguilhem.
Reviews for Figures of Medicine: Blood, Face Transplants, Parasites
"As always with Delaporte the scholarship is impressive, innovative and impeccable, and the analyses acute."
-Camille Limoges Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST-UQAM) Montreal "Lucid, focused, and rigorous ... An outstanding book that makes important contributions to intellectual history, the history of medicine, and their methodologies."
-Jonathan Strauss Miami University
-Camille Limoges Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST-UQAM) Montreal "Lucid, focused, and rigorous ... An outstanding book that makes important contributions to intellectual history, the history of medicine, and their methodologies."
-Jonathan Strauss Miami University