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The Transparent Body : A Cultural Analysis of Medical Imaging.

Van Dijck, Jose.

The Transparent Body : A Cultural Analysis of Medical Imaging. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (207 pages) - In Vivo: the Cultural Mediations of Biomedical Science Series . - In Vivo: the Cultural Mediations of Biomedical Science Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Mediated Bodies and the Ideal of Transparency -- 2. The Operation Film s a Mediated Freak Show -- 3. Bodyworlds: The Art of Plastinated Cadavers -- 4. Fantastic Voyages in the Age of Endoscopy -- 5. X-Ray Vision in Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain -- 6. Ultrasound and the Visible Fetus -- 7. Digital Cadavers and Virtual Dissection -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

9780295990354


Diagnostic imaging -- Social aspects.
Diagnostic imaging -- History.
Medicine and the humanities.


Electronic books.

RC78.7.D53 -- D553 2005eb

616.0754

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