%0 Book
%T Doctored: the medicine of photography in nineteenth-century America
%A Sheehan, Tanya
%D 2011
%I The Pennsylvania State University Press
%C University Park
%@ 027103792X
%G English
%F 1465087958
%O Tanya Sheehan
%O Includes bibliographical references ([182]-195) and index
%X "Examines the relationship between photography and medicine in American culture. Focuses on the American Civil War and postbellum Philadelphia to explore how medical models and metaphors helped establish the professional legitimacy of commercial photography while promoting belief in the rehabilitative powers of studio portraiture"--Provided by publisher
%L WZ 70 AA1
%K Medical photography
%K United States
%K History
%K Photography
%K History of Medicine
%K History, 19th Century
%K Portraits as Topic
%9 Text