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‘Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Heads Found’ reviewed by Professor Caroline Wilkinson

‘Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Heads Found’ by Frances Larson (W.W. Norton & Company, INC., 2014).  This book aims to describe the historical significance, context and impact of human heads as collectable items and to discuss preserved heads as specimens of interest, revulsion and fascination. The prologue begins Read more…

By mdiclhumanities, 6 years3 years ago
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Reviewer needed: ‘Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Heads Found’ by Frances Larson

Fresh off the press from Granta Publications and now available for review is ‘Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Heads Found’ by Dr Frances Larson. Expressions of interest are welcome from all angles of the medical humanities, and may be of particular interest to historians.  ‘The human head is exceptional. It Read more…

By mdiclhumanities, 6 years ago
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