Dissection: photographs of a rite of passage in American medicine 1880—1930

Hands poised above a cadaver, a group of students in gowns and bowler hats stare at the camera; a medical student embraces a skeleton in her room; behind dissectors admiring their work, an unnamed black woman looks on, mop in hand; in 'A Student's Dream', flayed cadavers peer over the...

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Published in:Medical humanities 2010-06, Vol.36 (1), p.60-60
Main Author: O'Sullivan, Lisa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Dissection
Learning
Medicine
Photography
Rites of passage
Students
Surgery
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Summary:Hands poised above a cadaver, a group of students in gowns and bowler hats stare at the camera; a medical student embraces a skeleton in her room; behind dissectors admiring their work, an unnamed black woman looks on, mop in hand; in 'A Student's Dream', flayed cadavers peer over the inert body of a student laid out on before them, on the table where they had perhaps themselves been dissected. Despite their clandestine nature images of both were circulated in quasi public fashion-turned into postcards and greeting cards for family and friends; and in the case of lynching photography, a tool of intimidatation.
ISSN:1468-215X
1473-4265
DOI:10.1136/jmh.2009.002535