Skin shows : gothic horror and the technology of monsters / Judith Halberstam.

By:

HALBERTSAM, Judith

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Durham : Duke University Press, c1995.Description: x, 215p. : ill. ; 24cmISBN:

9780822316633

Subject(s):

Cancer. Diagnosis. Medicine, Preventive

DDC classification:

22nd ed. 809.38729 HAL

Summary: The body's largest organ - the skin - comes under close scrutiny in this episode. Dr. Alice Roberts puts her own skin through a series of tests, weathering temperature extremes and undergoing a computer program that shows what she will look like at the age of 80. She also looks into the thousands of wrinkle creams available today to determine whether they are helpful and meets a 22-year-old farmer who exposes.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	Literature/Kiswahili Fasihi	809.38729 HAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00006693
Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	Literature/Kiswahili Fasihi	809.38729 HAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00006694
Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	Literature/Kiswahili Fasihi	809.38729 HAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00006695
Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	Literature/Kiswahili Fasihi	809.38729 HAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00006696

Includes bibliography and index

The body's largest organ - the skin - comes under close scrutiny in this episode. Dr. Alice Roberts puts her own skin through a series of tests, weathering temperature extremes and undergoing a computer program that shows what she will look like at the age of 80. She also looks into the thousands of wrinkle creams available today to determine whether they are helpful and meets a 22-year-old farmer who exposes.

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