Around 1800 anatomy as a discipline rose to scientific prominence as it undergirded the Paris-centred clinical revolution in medicine. Although classical anatomy gradually lost ground in the following centuries, general anatomy remained pivotal in the teaching of medicine. Corpses, anatomical preparations, models, and drawings were used more intensively than ever before. Moreover, anatomy received new forms of public visibility. Through public exhibitions and lectures in museums and fairgrounds, anatomy became part of general education and secured a place in popular imagination.
Bodies Beyond Borders analyzes the notion of circulation in anatomy. Following anatomy through different locations and cultural domains permits a deeper understanding of its history and its changing place in society.
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Acknowledgements
Introduction: Moving Anatomies, 1750–1950
Sokhieng Au, Raf de Bont, Kaat Wils
I CENTERS AND PERIPHERIES
Artisans, Patrons, and Enlightenment: The Circulation of Anatomical Knowledge in Paris, St. Petersburg, and London
Margaret Carlyle
Anatomy and Sociability in Nineteenth-Century Belgium
Joris Vandendriessche
Corpse Stories: Anatomy, Bodies and a Colonial World
Helen MacDonald
Anatomical Collecting and Tropical Medicine in the Belgian Congo
Sokhieng Au
II ACADEMIC AND PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE
Imitating Anatomy: Recycling Anatomical Illustrations in Nineteenth-Century Atlases
Veronique Deblon
Alternative Anatomy: The Popular Lectures of Constant Crommelinck in Brussels (1850–1880)
Tinne Claes
"Specimens Calculated to Shock the Soundest Sleeper": Deep Layers of Anatomical Racism Circulated On-Board the Louisiana Health Exhibit Train
Stephen C. Kenny
III ART AND MEDICINE 195
International Anatomies: Teaching Visual Literacy in the Harvard Lecture Hall
Naomi Slipp
Shaking the Tyranny of the Cadaver: Doctor Paul Richer and the "Living Écorché"
Natasha Ruiz-Gómez
Animating the Anatomical Specimen: Textbook Anatomy and the Incorporation of Photography in JCB Grant’s "An Atlas of Anatomy"
Kim Sawchuk
About the authors
Gallery with color plates
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