Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gagosian Gallery
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Designed by Jason Beard at Barnbrook. Edited by Damien Hirst, Jason Beard. Photography: Mike Parsons."--Title page verso.
Contents:
1. The hay smells different to the lovers than to the horses / Gordon Burn -- 2. The epidemiology of violence. An unreasonable fear of death and dying -- 3. The role of an operating microscope in medico-legal practice -- 4. Examination and significance of 'tied up' dead bodies -- 5. Identification of human remains: forensic radiology -- 6. Eight cases of suicide by self-cutting or self-stabbing -- 7. Determining the true cause of death in a dermatological disaster -- 8. Artefact in forensic medicine: non-missile penetrating injuries. From the cradle to the grave -- 9. Cardiotoxic mechanisms and interrelationships of cocaine -- 10. Revealing reality within a body of imaginary things / George Poste. Venoms -- 11. The pattern of homicidal slash/chop injuries. The Last Supper -- 12. Observations on fatal injuries to the brain stem and/or upper cervical spinal cord. -- 13. Medico-legal death investigations in Istanbul, Turkey -- Extract from a conversation with Dr. Gordon Lebrun.
Subject Terms:
Hirst, Damien, born 1965 -- Exhibitions. | Gagosian Gallery -- Exhibitions. | Installations (Art) | Art, Modern -- 20th century. | Forensic sciences. | Medicine in art. | Biology in art. | Science in art.