Wound Man: The Many Lives of a Surgical Image by Hartnell, Jack
Wound Man: The Many Lives of a Surgical Image by Hartnell, Jack

Wound Man: The Many Lives of a Surgical Image

A spectacularly illustrated history of an enigmatic surgical diagram The Wound Man--a medical diagram depicting a figure...
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Author: Jack Hartnell
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Wound Man: The Many Lives of a Surgical Image by Hartnell, Jack

Wound Man: The Many Lives of a Surgical Image

$61.01
Wound Man: The Many Lives of a Surgical Image by Hartnell, Jack

Wound Man: The Many Lives of a Surgical Image

$61.01
Author: Jack Hartnell
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description

A spectacularly illustrated history of an enigmatic surgical diagram

The Wound Man--a medical diagram depicting a figure fantastically pierced by weapons and ravaged by injuries and diseases--was reproduced widely across the medieval and early modern globe. In this panoramic book, Jack Hartnell charts the emergence and endurance of this striking image, used as a visual guide to the treatment of many ailments. Taking readers on a remarkable journey from medieval Europe to eighteenth-century Japan, Hartnell explains the historic popularity of this gruesome image and why the Wound Man continues to intrigue us today.

Drawing on a wealth of original research, Hartnell traces the many lives of the Wound Man, from its origins in late medieval Bohemia to its vivid reincarnations in hundreds of manuscripts and printed books over more than three hundred years. Transporting readers beyond the specifics of bodily injury, Hartnell demonstrates how the Wound Man's body was at once an encyclopedic repository of surgical knowledge, a fantastic literary and religious muse, a catalyst for shifting media landscapes, and a cross-cultural artistic feat that reached diverse audiences around the world. The Wound Man, we discover, held profound importance not only for healers and patients but also for scribes, students, nuns, monks, printmakers, and poets.

Marvelously illustrated, Wound Man sheds light on the entwined histories of art and medicine, showing how premodern medical diagrams represent a unique site of contact between sickness, cure, painting, and print.

Author: Jack Hartnell
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 08/19/2025
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.75lbs
Size: 10.20h x 7.20w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780691243481


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2025

About the Author
Jack Hartnell is Head of Research at the National Gallery, London. He is the author of Medieval Bodies: Life, Death, and Art in the Middle Ages (2018), a collaboration with the Wellcome Collection, London.
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