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One Leg in the Grave Revisited

Author : Carmen Fracchia
Publisher : Barkhuis
ISBN 13 : 9491431234
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book One Leg in the Grave Revisited written by Carmen Fracchia and published by Barkhuis. This book was released on 2013 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Miracle of the Transplantation of the Black Leg, a posthumous miracle performed by the saints Cosmas and Damian, is best known from the Golden Legend of Jacobus the Voragine (1265). From the early Middle Ages on, artists have been particularly inspired by De Voragine's description of this miracle. Their works can be found in churches, monasteries, and musea, mainly in Italy, Spain, and Southern France. These artful representations have fascinated Kees‑Zimmerman, retired trauma surgeon, inspiring him to travel through Southern Europe exploring them. In this way he has gathered an impressive collection of photographs of paintings, sculptures, and other art and religious objects. This book offers over 80 reproductions of representations of the Miracle of the Black Leg, quite a number of which have never been published before. Articles by art historians (De Jong, Fracchia), medievalists (Santing), and an Introduction by Zimmerman himself, shed light on different aspects of the legend. This book will therefore be of interest for art historians and medievalists, as well as those who wish to investigate the relationship between medicine and religion in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period. It offers, moreover, a wealth of beautiful pictures to be savored by all art lovers.

'Black But Human'

Author : Carmen Fracchia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0198767978
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book 'Black But Human' written by Carmen Fracchia and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Black but Human' is a proverb which emerges from the African work songs and poems written by Afro-Hispanics enslaved in Spain during the Hapsburg dynasty. Carmen Fracchia uses the lens of visuals arts and material culture to understand the representation and self-representation of Afro-Hispanic slaves and ex-slaves in this period.

The malleable body

Author : Heidi Hausse
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526160641
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book The malleable body written by Heidi Hausse and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2023-04-25 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses amputation and prostheses to tell a new story about medicine and embodied knowledge-making in early modern Europe. It draws on the writings of craft surgeons and learned physicians to follow the heated debates that arose from changing practices of removing limbs, uncovering tense moments in which decisions to operate were made. Importantly, it teases out surgeons’ ideas about the body embedded in their technical instructions. This unique study also explores the material culture of mechanical hands that amputees commissioned locksmiths, clockmakers, and other artisans to create, revealing their roles in developing a new prosthetic technology. Over two centuries of surgical and artisanal interventions emerged a growing perception, fundamental to biomedicine today, that humans could alter the body — that it was malleable.

Spare Parts

Author : Paul Craddock
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250280338
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Spare Parts written by Paul Craddock and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Craddock's Spare Parts offers an original look at the history of medicine itself through the rich, compelling, and delightfully macabre story of transplant surgery from ancient times to the present day. How did an architect help pioneer blood transfusion in the 1660's? Why did eighteenth-century dentists buy the live teeth of poor children? And what role did a sausage skin and an enamel bath play in making kidney transplants a reality? We think of transplant surgery as one of the medical wonders of the modern world. But transplant surgery is as ancient as the pyramids, with a history more surprising than we might expect. Paul Craddock takes us on a journey - from sixteenth-century skin grafting to contemporary stem cell transplants - uncovering stories of operations performed by unexpected people in unexpected places. Bringing together philosophy, science and cultural history, Spare Parts explores how transplant surgery constantly tested the boundaries between human, animal, and machine, and continues to do so today. Witty, entertaining, and illuminating, Spare Parts shows us that the history - and future - of transplant surgery is tied up with questions about not only who we are, but also what we are, and what we might become.

Medieval Bodies

Author : Jack Hartnell
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 178283270X
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book Medieval Bodies written by Jack Hartnell and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2018-03-29 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A triumph' Guardian 'Glorious ... makes the past at once familiar, exotic and thrilling.' Dominic Sandbrook 'A brilliant book' Mail on Sunday Just like us, medieval men and women worried about growing old, got blisters and indigestion, fell in love and had children. And yet their lives were full of miraculous and richly metaphorical experiences radically different to our own, unfolding in a world where deadly wounds might be healed overnight by divine intervention, or the heart of a king, plucked from his corpse, could be held aloft as a powerful symbol of political rule. In this richly-illustrated and unusual history, Jack Hartnell uncovers the fascinating ways in which people thought about, explored and experienced their physical selves in the Middle Ages, from Constantinople to Cairo and Canterbury. Unfolding like a medieval pageant, and filled with saints, soldiers, caliphs, queens, monks and monstrous beasts, it throws light on the medieval body from head to toe - revealing the surprisingly sophisticated medical knowledge of the time in the process. Bringing together medicine, art, music, politics, philosophy and social history, there is no better guide to what life was really like for the men and women who lived and died in the Middle Ages. Medieval Bodies is published in association with Wellcome Collection.

Religion and the Medieval and Early Modern Global Marketplace

Author : Scott Oldenburg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000465411
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Religion and the Medieval and Early Modern Global Marketplace written by Scott Oldenburg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion and the Medieval and Early Modern Global Marketplace brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines to examine the intersection, conflict, and confluence of religion and the market before 1700. Each chapter analyzes the unique interplay of faith and economy in a different locale: Syria, Ethiopia, France, Iceland, India, Peru, and beyond. In ten case studies, specialists of archaeology, art history, social and economic history, religious studies, and critical theory address issues of secularization, tolerance, colonialism, and race with a fresh focus. They chart the tensions between religious and economic thought in specific locales or texts, the complex ways that religion and economy interacted with one another, and the way in which matters of faith, economy, and race converge in religious images of the pre- and early modern periods. Considering the intersection of faith and economy, the volume questions the legacy of early modern economic and spiritual exceptionalism, and the ways in which prosperity still entangles itself with righteousness. The interdisciplinary nature means that this volume is the perfect resource for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates, and scholars working across multiple areas including history, literature, politics, art history, global studies, philosophy, and gender studies in the medieval and early modern periods.

Edinburgh Revisited

Author : James Bone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Edinburgh Revisited written by James Bone and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Post/Colonialism and the Pursuit of Freedom in the Black Atlantic

Author : Jerome C Branche
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351667807
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Book Synopsis Post/Colonialism and the Pursuit of Freedom in the Black Atlantic by : Jerome C Branche

Download or read book Post/Colonialism and the Pursuit of Freedom in the Black Atlantic written by Jerome C Branche and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Post/Colonialism and the Pursuit of Freedom in the Black Atlantic is an interdisciplinary collection of essays of wide historical and geographic scope which engages the legacy of diaspora, colonialism and slavery. The contributors explore the confrontation between Africa’s forced migrants and their unwelcoming new environments, in order to highlight the unique individual experiences of survival and assimilation that characterized Atlantic slavery. As they focus on the African or Afro-diasporan populations under study, the chapters gauge the degree to which formal independence, coming out of a variety of practices of opposition and resistance, lasting centuries in some cases, has translated into freedom, security, and a "good life." By foregrounding Hispanophone, Lusophone, and Francophone African and Afro-descendant concerns, over and against an often Anglo-centric focus in the field, the book brings a more representative approach to the area of diaspora or Black Atlantic studies, offering a more complete appreciation of Black Atlantic cultural production across history and across linguistic barriers.

A Cultural History of Disability in the Middle Ages

Author : Jonathan Hsy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 135002872X
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book A Cultural History of Disability in the Middle Ages written by Jonathan Hsy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-05-17 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Middle Ages was an era of dynamic social transformation, and notions of disability in medieval culture reflected how norms and forms of embodiment interacted with gender, class, and race, among other dimensions of human difference. Ideas of disability in courtly romance, saints' lives, chronicles, sagas, secular lyrics, dramas, and pageants demonstrate the nuanced, and sometimes contradictory, relationship between cultural constructions of disability and the lived experience of impairment. An essential resource for researchers, scholars, and students of history, literature, visual art, cultural studies, and education, A Cultural History of Disability in the Middle Ages explores themes and topics such as atypical bodies; mobility impairment; chronic pain and illness; blindness; deafness; speech; learning difficulties; and mental health.

A Prophet to the Peoples

Author : Jennie Weiss Block
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666765031
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book A Prophet to the Peoples written by Jennie Weiss Block and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-05-04 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Global Theological Ethics book series focuses on works that feature authors from around the world, draw on resources from the traditions of Catholic theological ethics, and attend to concrete issues facing the world today. It advances the Journal of Moral Theology's mission of fostering scholarship deeply rooted in traditions of inquiry about the moral life, engaged with contemporary issues, and exploring the interface of Catholic moral theology, philosophy, economics, political philosophy, psychology, and more. This series is sponsored in conjunction with the Catholic Theological Ethics and the World Church. The CTEWC recognizes the need to dialogue from and beyond local cultures and to interconnect within a world church. Its global network of scholars, practitioners, and activists fosters cross-cultural, interdisciplinary conversations--via conferences, symposia, and colloquia, both in-person and virtually--about critical issues in theological ethics, shaped by shared visions of hope.

Prosthetics and Assistive Technology in Ancient Greece and Rome

Author : Jane Draycott
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009168398
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Prosthetics and Assistive Technology in Ancient Greece and Rome written by Jane Draycott and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-12-31 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive study of prosthetics and assistive technology in classical antiquity, integrating a wide range of types of evidence.

The Agency of Things in Medieval and Early Modern Art

Author : Grażyna Jurkowlaniec
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351681494
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Book Synopsis The Agency of Things in Medieval and Early Modern Art by : Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Download or read book The Agency of Things in Medieval and Early Modern Art written by Grażyna Jurkowlaniec and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-22 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the late medieval and early modern periods from the perspective of objects. While the agency of things has been studied in anthropology and archaeology, it is an innovative approach for art historical investigations. Each contributor takes as a point of departure active things: objects that were collected, exchanged, held in hand, carried on a body, assembled, cared for or pawned. Through a series of case studies set in various geographic locations, this volume examines a rich variety of systems throughout Europe and beyond. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781315401867, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license

Medicine and Ethics in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction

Author : Esther L. Jones
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137514698
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Book Synopsis Medicine and Ethics in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction by : Esther L. Jones

Download or read book Medicine and Ethics in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction written by Esther L. Jones and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speculative fiction often shows the complicated and rather fraught history of medicine as it relates to black women. Through prominent writers like Octavia Butler, Nnedi Okorafor, and Nalo Hopkinson, Jones highlights how personal experiences of illness and disease frequently reflect larger societal sicknesses in connection to race and gender.

Organ Transplantation and Society

Author : Félix Cantarovich
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527550079
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book Organ Transplantation and Society written by Félix Cantarovich and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-04 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The evolution of medicine is one of the outstanding features of the past century. The progress achieved by organ transplants is particularly important in this regard. Transplant medicine has progressed massively, but, due to insufficient social donation responses, waiting patient lists increase and the sad consequences of this reality persist indefinitely. This book provides a thorough analysis of the problems presented by organ transplants and social behaviour. It interprets the evolution of transplantation, and its associated medical, ethical-legal, psychosocial and religious problems, as well as educational proposals that have accompanied this medical practice over time. It will serve to provide, at all societal levels, the possibility of a clear understanding of this serious health crisis.

The Place of the Social Margins, 1350-1750

Author : Andrew Spicer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317630246
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book The Place of the Social Margins, 1350-1750 written by Andrew Spicer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interdisciplinary volume illuminates the shadowy history of the disadvantaged, sick and those who did not conform to the accepted norms of society. It explores how marginal identity was formed, perceived and represented in Britain and Europe during the medieval and early modern periods. It illustrates that the identities of marginal groups were shaped by their place within primarily urban communities, both in terms of their socio-economic status and the spaces in which they lived and worked. Some of these groups – such as executioners, prostitutes, pedlars and slaves – performed a significant social and economic function but on the basis of this were stigmatized by other townspeople. Language was used to control and limit the activities of others within society such as single women and foreigners, as well as the victims of sexual crimes. For many, such as lepers and the disabled, marginal status could be ambiguous, cyclical or short-lived and affected by key religious, political and economic events. Traditional histories have often considered these groups in isolation. Based on new research, a series of case studies from Britain and across Europe illustrate and provide important insights into the problems faced by these marginal groups and the ways in which medieval and early modern communities were shaped and developed.

Middle English Medical Recipes and Literary Play, 1375-1500

Author : Hannah Bower
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192666126
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book Middle English Medical Recipes and Literary Play, 1375-1500 written by Hannah Bower and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-21 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Middle English Medical Recipes and Literary Play, 1375-1500 is the first detailed, book-length study of Middle English medical recipes in their literary, imaginative, social, and codicological contexts. Analysing recipe collections in over seventy late medieval manuscripts, this book explores how the words and structures of recipes could contribute to those texts' healing purpose, but could also confuse, impede, exceed, and redefine that purpose. The study therefore presents a challenge to recipes' traditional reputation as mundane, unartful texts written and read solely for the sake of directing practical action. Crucially, it also relocates these neglected texts and overlooked manuscripts within the complex networks forming medieval textual culture, demonstrating that—though marginalized in modern scholarship—medical recipes were actually linguistically, formally, materially, and imaginatively interconnected with many other late medieval discourses, including devotional writings, romances, fabliaux, and Chaucerian poetry. The monograph thus models for readers modes of analysis and close reading that might be deployed in relation to recipes in order to understand better their allusive, fragmentary, and playful qualities as well as their wide-ranging influence on medieval imaginations.

Rhinoplasty and the nose in early modern British medicine and culture

Author : Emily Cock
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526137186
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Rhinoplasty and the nose in early modern British medicine and culture written by Emily Cock and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging histories of plastic surgery that posit a complete disappearance of Gaspare Tagliacozzi’s rhinoplasty operation after his death in 1599, Rhinoplasty and the nose in early modern British medicine and culture traces knowledge of the procedure within the early modern British medical community, through to its impact on the nineteenth-century revival of skin-flap facial surgeries. The book explores why such a procedure was controversial, and the cultural importance of the nose, offering critical readings of literary noses from Shakespeare to Laurence Sterne. Medical knowledge of the graft operation was accompanied by a spurious story that the nose would be constructed from flesh purchased from a social inferior, and would drop off when that person died. The volume therefore explores this narrative in detail for its role in the procedure’s stigmatisation, its engagement with the doctrine of medical sympathy, and its unique attempt to commoditise living human flesh.