The Sick Rose: The Grotesque Beauty of Early Modern Medicine

Who? Dr. Richard Barnett’s The Sick Rose: or Disease and the Art of Medical Illustration is a squirm-inducing illustrated tour through a kaleidoscope of 19th century diseases we hope you’ll never suffer from. If you haven’t taken the Hippocratic oath, you’ll need to finish your lunch before delving in.

What? Neatly divided into categories – tuberculosis, cholera, parasites – publisher Thames & Hudson have...