Medicine man
£19.99
With a particular interest in anthropology and the history of medicine, and with ambitions to create a 'Museum of Man', Henry Wellcome (1853 - 1936) built up one of the world's largest but least known museum collections: it has been estimated that in 1930 it was some five times the size of the Louvre. Now scattered among numerous institutions and studied in a wide range of disciplines, the collection spans centuries and continents, and includes both the beautiful and the banal. This book will explore its contribution to contemporary understandings of health and well-being, providing along the way an intriguing insight into the history of collecting. Following an introduction to Wellcome and his 'phantom museum', seven lively, personal and thought-provoking essays by experts in each of the fields represented will use different corners of his collection to make connections with contemporary issues and to show how meaning is created from the stuff of the past. Designed to convey the aston
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Product code: cmc27941
Price category: £10 to £25
World culture: The modern era
Title: Medicine Man
Subtitle: Henry Welcome's Phantom Museum
Authors: "Ruth Richardson, Frances Knight, Ghislaine Lawrence, John Pickstone, Ken Arnold, Danielle Olsen, Ch
ISBN: 9780714127941
Number of pages: 416
Size: 240x165mm
llustrations: 500 colour and 40 b/w
Standard UK delivery: 3-5 working days (overseas delivery times may vary)
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