Skin and Bones

This is the last of a series of books describing the history, science, medicine, artistic representation and cuisine of various body parts. The first was Man and the Liver - the role of the liver, from early times to the present (Matador, December 2011), followed by NEPHROSAPIENS, dealing with the kidney (Matador, December 2011) and SPLANCREAS - spleen, pancreas, heart, lungs, brain and testicles (Matador, January 2013) and A Muscle Odyssey - history, evolution, embryology, anatomy, physiology,