The Sick Rose is a visual tour through the golden age of Medical illustration.
It is a fascinating Wunderkammer o.
Organized by disease, The Sick Rose ranges from little-known ailments now all but forgotten to the epidemics that shaped the modern age.
The age also saw the acceptance of vaccination and the germ theory, and notable diagrams that transformed public health, such as John Snow\'s cholera map and Florence Nightingale\'s pioneering histograms, are included and explained.
Barnett illuminates the fears and obsessions of a society gripped by disease, yet slowly coming to understand and combat it.
Bizarre and captivating images, including close-up details and revealing cross-sections, make all too clear the fascinations of both doctors and artists of the time.
The best examples, featured here, are remarkable pieces of art that attempted to elucidate the mysteries of the body, and the successive onset of each affliction.
In this pre-color-photography era, accurate images were relied upon to teach students and aid diagnosis.
The nineteenth century experienced an explosion of epidemics such as cholera and diphtheria, driven by industrialization, urbanization and poor hygiene.
The Sick Rose is a visual tour through the golden age of Medical illustration.
It is a fascinating Wunderkammer of a book that will enthrall artists, students, designers, scientists and the incurably curious everywhere.
Organized by disease, The Sick Rose ranges from little-known ailments now all but forgotten to the epidemics that shaped the modern age.
The age also saw the acceptance of vaccination and the germ theory, and notable diagrams that transformed public health, such as John Snow\'s cholera map and Florence Nightingale\'s pioneering histograms, are included and explained.
Barnett illuminates the fears and obsessions of a society gripped by disease, yet slowly coming to understand and combat it.
Bizarre and captivating images, including close-up details and revealing cross-sections, make all too clear the fascinations of both doctors and artists of the time.
The best examples, featured here, are remarkable pieces of art that attempted to elucidate the mysteries of the body, and the successive onset of each affliction.
In this pre-color-photography era, accurate images were relied upon to teach students and aid diagnosis.
The nineteenth century experienced an explosion of epidemics such as cholera and diphtheria, driven by industrialization, urbanization and poor hygiene.
The Sick Rose is a visual tour through the golden age of Medical illustration
