Anatomizing the Trade

Designing and Marketing Anatomical Models as Medical Technologies, ca. 1700-1900

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4021146
AutoresAnna Maerker (Max Planck Society, autor de correspondencia)
Año2013
Volumen54
Número3
Páginas531-562
Fecha de publicación2013-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTechnology and Culture (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0040-165X • E-ISSN: 1097-3729
EditorialProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/tech.2013.0108
OpenAlexW1968568518
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas13

Models of the body were made for a wide range of purposes, from anatomical study to obstetric training, public education, and fine art. This paper develops an understanding of anatomical models as medical technologies, using a definition of technologies as both combinations of objects with purposive human activities and embodiments of expertise. The analysis investigates the wide range of strategies employed by European modelling enterprises in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to establish their models as medical technologies. The paper shows that in the nineteenth century, new marketing and distribution methods enabled by cheap printing and transportation complemented continuing traditional measures such as attempts to configure users, appeals to notions of public utility, and support from noble or academic patrons. However, models' claims to the status of medical technologies remained contested throughout the period

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