The Art of Medicine
Author(s): Wellcome Collection
For thousands of years artists have played a special role in the human quest to understand anatomy, health and disease; this book celebrates their creativity and inquisitiveness using little-seen, stunning imagery from one of the worlds greatest collections. The "Wellcome Collection" is based on the enormous bequest left by pioneering pharmacist Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936). For many years, he travelled the globe, acquiring any kind of art or artefact with a bearing on health and medical treatment: the resulting collection everything from oil paintings, to dentures, scrolls, glass eyes and illuminated books numbers over a million pieces, and forms a unique history of humankind's growing understanding of ourselves and our world. Using a wealth of previously unseen images from the collection, and telling the fascinating story of medical understanding worldwide, "The Art of Medicine" celebrates both medical advance and visual artistry.
General Information
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- : 2.03
- : 01 November 2011
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 October 2011
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Wellcome Collection
- : 1011
- : 256
- : 400 colour illustrations