A body of work :  an anthology of poetry and medicine / 
 Anthology of poetry and medicine 
edited by Corinna Wagner and Andy Brown. 
 - xxiii, 532 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/> Includes poems by writers from the dawn of Enlightenment to the 21st Century and explores changing attitudes to medicine, health and the body. The book is divided into eight thematic sections, each of which includes a chronological range of poetry and excerpts of important historical and contextual medical writing. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-517) and index. 
<br/><br/>Extended contents -- List of illustrations -- Foreword and acknowledgements -- Note on text -- Introduction -- Body as machine -- Nerves, mind and brain -- Consuming -- Illness, disease and disability -- Treatment -- Hospitals, practitioners and professionals -- Sex, evolution, genetics and reproduction -- Aging and dying -- Bibliography -- Index. 
<br/><br/> Includes poems by writers from the dawn of Enlightenment to the 21st Century and explores changing attitudes to medicine, health and the body. The book is divided into eight thematic sections, each of which includes a chronological range of poetry and excerpts of important historical and contextual medical writing. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781472511812 1472511816 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB5H5254  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101682526  DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medicine in Literature<br/>Poetry as Topic<br/>Medicine in literature.<br/>Diseases in literature.<br/>Sick in literature.<br/>English poetry.<br/>American poetry.<br/>American poetry.<br/>Diseases in literature.<br/>English poetry.<br/>Medicine in literature.<br/>Sick in literature.<br/>Gesundheit.<br/>Körper.<br/>Literatur.<br/>Medizin.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN56.M38  / B64 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>821.00803561 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WZ 330  / B6688 2016