Mütter Museum Historic Medical Photographs Hardcover – November 28, 2007

The Mutter Museum in Philadelphia is a fantastic display of medical history developed in the second half the nineteenth century. If you've toured or are considering touring the museum and are looking for photos of many of the interesting exhibits the book you are looking for is The Mutter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. This book is exactly what the title presents - it is very small but well done sample of the thousands of photos which are only part of the museum's treasures. The book is a great exhibit of the early history of medical photography which parallels the early development of photography as an art and science. The selection was done with taste and an appreciation of the value of the material for consultations as well as the education of physicians in training and subsequent years in clinical practice, Dr. Mutter's purposes in developing the museum. Dr. Mutter was a pioneer in seeking to improve the lives of patients who were at that time described as monstrosities. The photos are tasteful and very well presented. The brief descriptions are appropriately limited to the information available on the original images.

A Christmas Gift for my sister. The photos were sharp and concise. A interesting museum for sure!

This book is amazing and informative! Some of the pictures are VERY GRAPHIC.The quality of the book, along with it's pages that a lot of reviewers seem to be complaining about, are top notch quality!Some of the print is very small.We're super happy with this purchase and highly reccomend this book for whoever's is intrested very bizarre and has dropping medical history!5 stars PLUS!!!☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

I plan to visit the Mutter Museum as soon as I can. Fascinating history and collection. I wish this book would have had more about the little people, giants and conjoined sideshow folks.

I love these! Its almost like a time machine and just getting a glimpse into medical problems and people who suffered them but also the advance and artistry of photography at the time. If anyone interested in medicine and old photography! I hope the mutter makes more!

The perfect gift for your goth, emo, or just plain ol’ crazy / weird friend. They won’t expect it at all, and they will be pleasantly surprised, trust me.

I’ve always been fascinated by historic medical photography, as well as the pathologies of all sorts of diseases and deformities. This book does a good job of showcasing many different illnesses pictorially and with accompanying text. My only grievances would be that the pictures are quite small compared to the size of the book, and I would enjoy learning more about each photo as some photos had very limited descriptions. The Mütter Museum has once again shown how diverse the nature of disease and deformities can be.

My son is in medical school and I am an RN and this book is so interesting and full of medical history. He loves it, he got it for Christmas and I snuck off with it this week....