Leading historians, anthropologists, educators and designers explore the role of materiality in medical education. With a broad focus, international scope and experimental format, this is the first book to seriously reflect on the material relationship between the medical school and reproduction of medical knowledge. 81 col. and 34 b&w illus.

John Nott is an economic and medical historian and a research fellow at the University of Edinburgh. Anna Harris is associate professor of anthropology and science and technology studies at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.