3. Preserved Specimens and Comprehensive Treatises

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface xi
4. Introduction: Bodies, Diseases, Images 1
5. 1. Visualizing Disease in the Early Modern Period 23
6. 2. “Sic nata est anatome pathologica picta”: The Diseases of Bones 53
7. 3. Preserved Specimens and Comprehensive Treatises 81
8. 4. Intermezzo: Identifying Disease in Its Inception 107
9. 5. The Nosology of Cutaneous Diseases 125
10. 6. Morbid Anatomy in Color 155
11. 7. Comprehensive Treatises in Color 185
12. Concluding Reflections 211
13. Acknowledgments 223
14. Illustration Credits 225
15. List of Abbreviations 229
16. Notes 231
17. Bibliography 253
18. Index 285