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Author Kooijmans, L.

Title Death defied : the anatomy lessons of Frederik Ruysch / by Luuc Kooijmans ; translated by Diane Webb.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 470 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series History of science and medicine library, 1872-0684 ; v. 18
History of science and medicine library ; v. 18.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The anatomy lesson -- Established and envied -- Under fire -- Ruysch at work -- Rivals -- The collection -- The return of Peter the Great -- Reproduction -- Latter days -- Ruysch's legacy.
Summary Until well into the nineteenth century, Frederik Ruysch enjoyed international fame as an anatomist. He owed his renown to a preparation method that greatly aided early-modern scientists in their exploration of the human body and transformed dissection fro.
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Subject Ruysch, Frederik, 1638-1731.
Ruysch, Frederik, 1638-1731.
Anatomists -- Netherlands -- Biography.
Anatomists.
Netherlands.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Anatomists.
Anatomy -- history.
History, 18th Century.
Netherlands.
Genre/Form Biography.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Added Title Doodskunstenaar. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2010183455
Other Form: Print version: Kooijmans, L. Doodskunstenaar. English. Death defied. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011 9789004187849 (DLC) 2010036399 (OCoLC)614315197
ISBN 9789004188563 (electronic book)
9004188568 (electronic book)
9789004187849
9004187847