Chapter 1: Mapping the body
European representations of the middle ages
Ayurvedic, Tibetan and Nepalese views
Visual metaphors of the body
Renaissance views of anatomy
Pierre Boaistuau's Histoire prodigeuses
Anatomy in three dimensions
Inside the chest and torso
Representations of pregnancy and the foetus
Internal structures of our limbs
Microscopic mapping of the body
Responses to genetic research
Chapter 2: Medicine in our lives
Representations of physicians
North American First Nations medicine
Caricatures of physicians
Medical caricatures of political figures
Depictions of official medicine sellers
Chapter 3: Understanding illness and developing cures
Herbal medicine in the nineteenth century
Chapter 4: Treating with surgery and healing wounds
Ambroise Paré, master surgeon
Wounds and their treatment
Charles Bell at the Battle of Waterloo
Chapter 5: Understanding the mind and mental illness
Visions of Bethlem Hospital
Assessing character and mental faculties
Diagnosing with physiognomy
Representing the experience
Bobby Baker: extracts from a diary
Vitamin C under the microscope
Protection from evil and ill health
The challenges of syphilis and AIDS.
