Stiffs, Skulls & Skeletons: Medical Photography and SymbolismThis intriguing and comprehensive exploration of the skeleton and the dead body includes more than 400 rare photographs. Stanley B. Burns, MD, has studied, collected and written on medical photography for over four decades focusing on unexplored areas. His books have placed him in the forefront of medical photographic history scholarship. This work reveals the nineteenth century fascination with the dead body and body parts. The classic visual