{"product_id":"the-sick-rose-disease-and-the-art-of-medical-illustration","title":"The Sick Rose: Disease and the Art of Medical Illustration","description":"\u003cp\u003eBizarre and captivating images  including close-up details and revealing cross-sections  make all too clear the fascinations of both doctors and artists of the time The Sick Rose is a visual tour through the golden age of medical illustration. The nineteenth century experienced an explosion of epidemics such as cholera and diphtheria  driven by industrialization  urbanization and poor hygiene. In this pre-color-photography era  accurate images were relied upon to teach students and aid diagnosis. The best examples  featured here  are remarkable pieces of art that attempted to elucidate the mysteries of the body  and the successive onset of each affliction. Bizarre and captivating images  including close-up details and revealing cross-sections  make all too clear the fascinations of both doctors and artists of the time. Barnett illuminates the fears and obsessions of a society gripped by disease  yet slowly coming to understand and combat it. The age also saw the acceptance of vaccination and the germ theory  and notable diagrams that transformed public health  such as John Snows cholera map and Florence Nightingales pioneering histograms  are included and explained. Organized by disease  The Sick Rose ranges from little-known ailments now all but forgotten to the epidemics that shaped the modern age. It is a fascinating Wunderkammer of a book that will enthrall artists  students  designers  scientists and the incurably curious everywhere.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945360551989,"sku":"ByrdShop_1938922409","price":36.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781938922404.jpg?v=1769885272","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-sick-rose-disease-and-the-art-of-medical-illustration","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}