Visual anatomy books have been a staple of medical practice and study since the mid-16th century. But the visual representation of diseased states followed a very different pattern from anatomy, one we are only now beginning to investigate and understand. Domenico Bertoloni Meli explores key questions in this domain, opening a new field of inquiry based on the analysis of a rich body of arresting and intellectually challenging images reproduced here both in black and white and in colour.

• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction: Bodies, Diseases, Images
• 1. Visualizing Disease in the Early Modern Period
• 2. “Sic nata est anatome pathologica picta”: The Diseases of Bones
• 3. Preserved Specimens and Comprehensive Treatises
• 4. Intermezzo: Identifying Disease in Its Inception
• 5. The Nosology of Cutaneous Diseases
• 6. Morbid Anatomy in Color
• 7. Comprehensive Treatises in Color
• Concluding Reflections
• Acknowledgments
• Illustration Credits
• List of Abbreviations
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index