This book is a long-term history of how the human body has been understood in Europe from the Palaeolithic to the present day, focusing on specific moments of c

A grab bag of historic spleens, chins, and more, this is your ultimate literary dissection of body parts throughout history! From famous craniums to prominent b

"The first approach can be called vertical since what is explored here is the human body's relationship to the divine, to the bestial and to the machines that i

Bodies and body parts of the dead have long been considered valuable material for use in medical science. Over time and in different places, they have been diss

Shows that history written on the basis of texts alone creates a misleading picture of classical Greece.