Elizabeth A. Burns Book order

Ground-breaking research on stress and trauma by Elizabeth Stanley, PhD, with a foreword by Bessel Van Der Kolk, bestselling author of The Body Keeps the Score.

Focusing on the historical fascination with death, this book showcases over 400 rare photographs that explore the skeleton and the dead body. Authored by medical photography expert Stanley B. Burns, it delves into nineteenth-century practices such as postmortem photography, early autopsy images, and the collection of skulls. It also discusses their roles in racial and psychological profiling. Richly illustrated and featuring previously unpublished images, this work serves as an essential resource for collectors, curators, artists, and scholars interested in medical and cultural history.