Monstrous Bodies in Rudolf Virchow's Medical Collection in Nineteenth-Century Germany

Birgit Stammberger

Monstrous Bodies in Rudolf Virchow's Medical Collection in Nineteenth-Century Germany

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Monstrous Bodies in Rudolf Virchow's Medical Collection in Nineteenth-Century Germany. / Stammberger, Birgit.
Exploring the Cultural History of Continental European Freak Shows and Enfreakment. ed. / Andrea Zittlau; Anna Kerchy. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012. p. 129-149.

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Harvard

Stammberger, B 2012, Monstrous Bodies in Rudolf Virchow's Medical Collection in Nineteenth-Century Germany. in A Zittlau & A Kerchy (eds), Exploring the Cultural History of Continental European Freak Shows and Enfreakment. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, pp. 129-149.

APA

Stammberger, B. (2012). Monstrous Bodies in Rudolf Virchow's Medical Collection in Nineteenth-Century Germany. In A. Zittlau, & A. Kerchy (Eds.), Exploring the Cultural History of Continental European Freak Shows and Enfreakment (pp. 129-149). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Vancouver

Stammberger B. Monstrous Bodies in Rudolf Virchow's Medical Collection in Nineteenth-Century Germany. In Zittlau A, Kerchy A, editors, Exploring the Cultural History of Continental European Freak Shows and Enfreakment. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2012. p. 129-149

Bibtex

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