Abstract
George Henry Fox was a New York physician and author in the late nineteenth century. His interest in collecting photographs of notable dermatological cases led to the publication of several photographically illustrated dermatology texts between 1879 and the early twentieth century. This thesis focuses on the fIrst and second editions of Fox's Photographic Illustrations of Skin Diseases, published in 1879 and 1885, respectively. The hand-coloured Artotype plates from these two editions are analyzed and contrasted in terms of the influence of studio portraiture, issues of patient anonymity and consent, and the aesthetic changes between editions. The power relationships and scientifIc classifIcation involved in depicting the body on ftlm are also considered. The books are on textualized with discussions of nineteenth-century American medical history, the use of clinical photographs as illustrations, photomechanical processes, late nineteenth-century dermatology texts, and Fox's biography.
Highlights
Medical practice in nineteenth century America was an activity entrenched both in the traditions of European gentlemanly professions and notions of American cultural and societal progress
I will focus on one American physician and author, George Henry Fox, and examine the unique ways he put photography to use in his publications on skin diseases
My ultimate goal will be to analyze the development of the use of photographs and text between the first and second volumes of his Photographic Illustrations ojSkin Diseases
Summary
Medical practice in nineteenth century America was an activity entrenched both in the traditions of European gentlemanly professions and notions of American cultural and societal progress. I will expand upon the history of photographically illustrated medical books, focusing on dermatological texts These publications will form a comparison for the quality and role of Fox's books in the object analysis. The other, from the rare books collection at George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, is a second, expanded edition published in 1887. Both will be thoroughly examined and described in terms of their construction, materials, condition, and image and text content. My goal is to view Fox's work in full historical, social and medical perspective in terms of its approach, language, visual description of patients, and organization
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