The Body Factory

From the First Prosthetics to the Augmented Human

The Body Factory
Heloise Chochois, Jeremy Melloul
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Trade Paperback
h254 x 171mm - 160pg
15 Oct 2020 US
9780271087061
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A young man has a horrible motorcycle accident. He wakes up in the hospital to discover that one of his arms has been amputated. Then a portrait on the wall of his hospital room begins to speak to him. The subject of the painting introduces himself as Ambroise Pare, the French barber-surgeon who revolutionized the art of amputation. From this wonderfully absurd premise, the two begin an imaginary conversation that takes them through a sweeping history of surgical amputation, from the Stone Age to the Space Age. Unencumbered by pathos or pedagogy, this graphic novel explores the world of amputation, revealing fascinating details about famous amputees throughout history, the invention of the tourniquet, phantom limb syndrome, types of prostheses, and transhumanist technologies. Playfully illustrated and seriously funny, The Body Factory is sure to delight anyone interested in the history and future of medicine and how we repair-and even enhance-the body.
Heloise Chochois is a scientific illustrator who debuted as a graphic novelist with the blog Infiltree chez les physiciens. She is the author and illustrator of Intelligences artificielles.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780271087061
Published: 15 Oct 2020
Published In: United States
Imprint: Graphic Mundi
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 254mm
Width: 171mm
Spine: 11mm
Weight: 349g
Pages: 160

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