Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This highly praised book presents the most substantial selection of images yet published from the renowned Burns Archive. Over one hundred masterpieces of early medical photography are reproduced along with descriptive texts by Dr. Stanley Burns detailing the medical, sociological, and historical significance of the photographs. Dr. Burns is the author of numerous articles and books including Sleeping Beauty (1990). As a document of the human condition, A Morning's Work shows the pain, suffering, joy and fear of its subjects as they confront the camera and, we presume, their diagnoses.