The Malleable Body. Surgeons, Artisans, and Amputees in Early Modern Germany, Paperback/Heidi Hausse

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 Author(s): Heidi Hausse Illustration(s): 33 colour illustrations Number of pages: 288 Collection: Social Histories of Medicine Publication date: 2025 Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 19 Cover type: Paperback / softback