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Contemporary science series

Medical Heritage Library

Evolution and disease / by J. Bland Sutton ; with 136 illustrations.

<p>Article from Le Temps newspaper (Paris?) of 7 November 1911 about monsters or birth defects.</p>

Oversize ephemera. Box +34

Feuilleton du Temps du 9 novembre 1911 : causerie scientifique : le monde vivant / Edmond Perrier.

viii, 388 pages, 5 leaves of color plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Orthopaedia, or, A practical treatise on the aberrations of the human form : by James Knight.

Iliopsoas : development of anomalies in man / by Arthur A. Michele.

World Health Organization comparative study of congenital malformations : basic tabulations in respect of consecutive post 28-week births recorded in the co-operating centres / Alan C. Stevenson [and others].

[ii], 738 pages, 5 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Affections congénitales : I. Tete et cou : maladies des bourgeons de l'embryon, des arcs branchiaux et de leurs fents / par le Professeur Lannelongue et V. Ménard.

C.P.C. (Series)

When nature fails, why handicap? : the case for legalizing pre-embryo research into congenital handicap / Peter Thurnham [and] Sarah Thurnham.

EUR (Series)

ix, 48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.

Illustrated guide to malformations of the central nervous system at birth : = Guide illustré des malformations du système nerveux central à la naissance = Illustrierter Leitfaden der Missbildungen des Zentralnervensystems bei der Geburt / Norman C. Nevin, Josephine A.C. Weatherall.

The nervous and vascular connection between the mother and foetus in utero / by John O'Reilly.

<p>"'Ugly as sin', 'ugly duckling', 'rear its ugly head'. The word 'ugly' is used freely, yet it is a loaded term: from the simply plain and unsightly to the repulsive and even offensive, definitions slide all over the place. Hovering around 'feared and dreaded', ugliness both repels and fascinates. But the concept of ugliness has a lineage that has long haunted our cultural imagination. Gretchen E. Henderson explores perceptions of ugliness through history, from ancient Roman feasts to medieval grotesque gargoyles, from Mary Shelley's monster cobbled from corpses to the Nazi Exhibition of Degenerate Art. Covering literature, art, music and even Uglydolls, Henderson reveals how ugliness has long posed a challenge to aesthetics and taste. Henderson digs into the muck of ugliness, moving beyond the traditional philosophic argument or mere opposition to beauty, and emerges with more than a selection of fascinating tidbits. Following ugly bodies and dismantling ugly senses across periods and continents, [this book] draws on a wealth of fields to cross cultures and times, delineating the changing map of ugliness as it charges the public imagination. Illustrated with a range of artefacts, this book offers a refreshing perspective that moves beyond the surface to ask what 'ugly' truly is, even as its meaning continues to shift"--</p>

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Evolution and disease / by J. Bland Sutton ; with 136 illustrations.

Feuilleton du Temps du 9 novembre 1911 : causerie scientifique : le monde vivant / Edmond Perrier.

Orthopaedia, or, A practical treatise on the aberrations of the human form : by James Knight.

Iliopsoas : development of anomalies in man / by Arthur A. Michele.

World Health Organization comparative study of congenital malformations : basic tabulations in respect of consecutive post 28-week births recorded in the co-operating centres / Alan C. Stevenson [and others].

Affections congénitales : I. Tete et cou : maladies des bourgeons de l'embryon, des arcs branchiaux et de leurs fents / par le Professeur Lannelongue et V. Ménard.

When nature fails, why handicap? : the case for legalizing pre-embryo research into congenital handicap / Peter Thurnham [and] Sarah Thurnham.

Illustrated guide to malformations of the central nervous system at birth : = Guide illustré des malformations du système nerveux central à la naissance = Illustrierter Leitfaden der Missbildungen des Zentralnervensystems bei der Geburt / Norman C. Nevin, Josephine A.C. Weatherall.

The nervous and vascular connection between the mother and foetus in utero / by John O'Reilly.

Ugliness : a cultural history / Gretchen E. Henderson.

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Evolution and disease / by J. Bland Sutton ; with 136 illustrations.

Feuilleton du Temps du 9 novembre 1911 : causerie scientifique : le monde vivant / Edmond Perrier.

Orthopaedia, or, A practical treatise on the aberrations of the human form : by James Knight.

Iliopsoas : development of anomalies in man / by Arthur A. Michele.

World Health Organization comparative study of congenital malformations : basic tabulations in respect of consecutive post 28-week births recorded in the co-operating centres / Alan C. Stevenson [and others].

Affections congénitales : I. Tete et cou : maladies des bourgeons de l'embryon, des arcs branchiaux et de leurs fents / par le Professeur Lannelongue et V. Ménard.

When nature fails, why handicap? : the case for legalizing pre-embryo research into congenital handicap / Peter Thurnham [and] Sarah Thurnham.

Illustrated guide to malformations of the central nervous system at birth : = Guide illustré des malformations du système nerveux central à la naissance = Illustrierter Leitfaden der Missbildungen des Zentralnervensystems bei der Geburt / Norman C. Nevin, Josephine A.C. Weatherall.

The nervous and vascular connection between the mother and foetus in utero / by John O'Reilly.

Ugliness : a cultural history / Gretchen E. Henderson.

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