This Mortal Coil: The Human Body in History and Culture

Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press (2016)
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The story of the body. Fay Bound Alberti takes the human body apart in order to put it back anew, telling the cultural history of our key organs and systems from the inside out, from blood to guts, brains to sex organs.

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B105.B64.A44 2016

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9780199599035   0199793395   9780199793396   0199599033
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