{"product_id":"stiffs-skulls-skeletons-medical-photography-and-symbolism","title":"Stiffs, Skulls \u0026 Skeletons: Medical Photography and Symbolism","description":"A history of the medical and cultural fascination with the skeleton and the dead body through over 400 rare, historic photographs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor Stanley B. Burns, MD, has studied, collected and written on medical photography for over four decades focusing on unexplored areas. His books have placed him in the forefront of medical photographic history scholarship. This work reveals the nineteenth-century fascination with the dead body and body parts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe classic visual iconography of postmortem, dissection, and bone photography is presented and expanded to include early autopsy images and X-ray studies. No prior visual work has presented the once very popular hobby of collecting skulls and also shown their use in racial and psychological profiling research.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis sumptuously illustrated book with previously unpublished photographs is an extraordinary work of medical, historical and cultural research. It is a timeless visual essay that will surely become a standard resource for collectors, curators, artists, and scholars.","brand":"Schiffer Publishing LTD.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48432804036834,"sku":"MTO-SCHIFFER-2026-09-17-33.75-250","price":132.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/9898\/5881\/files\/book_249_m90dLOEuO.jpg?v=1789610530","url":"https:\/\/layitflat.com\/en-ca\/products\/stiffs-skulls-skeletons-medical-photography-and-symbolism","provider":"Lay it Flat Publishing Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}