A Medical History of Skin: Scratching the Surface

A Medical History of Skin: Scratching the Surface - Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine

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Publisher's Synopsis

Diseases affecting the skin have tended to provoke a response of particular horror in society. This collection of essays uses case studies to chart the medical history of skin from the eighteenth to the twentieth century.

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Book information

ISBN: 9781848934139
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 616.5009
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: xiv, 279
Weight: 5442g
Height: 233mm
Width: 326mm
Spine width: 200mm