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