The Malleable Body. Surgeons, Artisans, and Amputees in Early Modern Germany, Hardback/***

This invaluable study reveals how practices for treating the loss of limbs in early modern Germany transformed western medicine. From amputations to mechanical arms, surgical and artisanal interventions forged a growing perception, fundamental to biomedicine today, that humans could alter the body-that it was malleable. -- . Publisher: Manchester University Press Illustration(s): 33 colour illustrations Number of pages: 288 Collection: Social Histories of Medicine Publication date: 2023 Dimensions: 162 x 241 x 23 Cover type: Hardback