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Doctored : the medicine of photography in nineteenth-century America

"Examines the relationship between photography and medicine in American culture. Focuses on the American Civil War and postbellum Philadelphia to explore how medical models and metaphors helped establish the professional legitimacy of commercial photography while promoting belief in the rehabil...

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Main Author: Sheehan, Tanya, 1976-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2011.
Subjects and Genres:
Medical photography > United States > History > 19th century.
Photography > United States > History > 19th century.
Medicine > United States > History.
Photography > United States > History.
Portraits > United States > History.
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Call Number: TR 708 .S54 2011
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