Lisa Cartwright
Copyright Date: 1995
Edition: NED - New edition
Published
by: University of Minnesota Press
Pages: 224
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctttv4zw
Book Description:
Traces the fascinating history of scientific film during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and shows that early experiments with cinema are important precedents of contemporary medical techniques such as ultrasound. Lisa Cartwright brings to light eccentric projects in the history of science and medicine, such as Thomas Edison's sensational attempt to image the brain with X rays before a public audience, and the efforts of doctors to use the motion picture camera to capture movements of the body, from the virtually imperceptible flow of blood to epileptic seizures.
eISBN: 978-0-8166-8525-7
Subjects: Art & Art History