Icons of life : a cultural history of human embryos / Lynn M. Morgan.

Author/creator Morgan, Lynn Marie
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxvii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Embryology, Human--Social aspects.
Tissue culture--Social aspects.
Human reproductive technology--Social aspects.
Medical anthropology.
Embryology--history.
Anthropology, Cultural.
Collections.
Embryo Research--ethics.
Embryo Research--history.

Contents Skeleton in the closet and fetuses in the basement -- Embryo visions -- Building a collection -- Inside the embryo production factory -- Traffic in embryo babies -- Embryo tales -- From dead embryos to icons of life -- Demise of the Mount Holyoke collection.
Summary Lynn Morgan traces the remarkable story of the human embryo collecting project at John Hopkins Dept. of Anatomy during the early 20th century. She shows how the science of embryology came into existence & how the embryo entered Western culture as an image of 'ourselves unborn'.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 257-297) and index.
LCCN 2008050716
ISBN9780520260436 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520260430 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780520260443 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0520260449 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Laupus Books - Stacks QS 611.1 M848I 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold