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Title The body factory : from the first prosthetics to the augmented human / story and art, Héloïse Chochois; [translated by Kendra Boileau]
Author Chochois, Héloïse, 1991- author, artist.
Publication Info. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, Graphic Mundi, [2021]
©2021
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 North Orange  617.9 CHO    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  617.9 CHO    Check Shelves
 Windermere  617.9 CHO    Check Shelves
Description 155 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
text txt rdacontent
still image sti rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note Translation of: La fabrique des corps: Des premières prothèses à l'humain augmenté. Première édition. Paris : Delcourt, [2017].
Summary "A graphic novel exploring amputation, revealing details about famous amputees throughout history, the invention of the tourniquet, phantom limb syndrome, types of prostheses, and transhumanist technologies"-- Provided by publisher.
Note Translated from the French.
Subject Prosthesis -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Artificial limbs -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Amputees -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Amputation -- Methods -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Amputation -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Phantom limb -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Prosthesis -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Medicine -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Prosthesis.
Artificial limbs.
Amputees.
Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590.
Genre Young adult nonfiction.
Graphic medicine (Comics)
Nonfiction comics.
Educational comics.
Historical comics.
Graphic novels.
Added Author Boileau, Kendra, translator.
Added Title Fabrique des corps. English
ISBN 9780271087061 (paperback ; alk. paper) : $18.95
0271087064 (paperback ; alk. paper)
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