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RIVERHEAD BOOKS
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Copyright © 2019 Brian Switek
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Drawings in chapters 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, and 10: Osteographia, or the Anatomy of Bones by William Cheselden (London, 1733). From the Wellcome Collection.
Drawings in the introduction and chapters 7 and 8: Osteographia, or the Anatomy of Bones by William Cheselden (London, 1733). From the National Library of Medicine Collection.
Drawings in chapters 2 and 3: After William Cheselden, 1830/1835? From the Wellcome Collection.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Switek, Brian, author.
Title: Skeleton keys : the secret life of bone / Brian Switek.
Description: New York : Riverhead Books, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018037813 (print) | LCCN 2018039921 (ebook) | ISBN 9780399184918 (ebook) | ISBN 9780399184901
Subjects: LCSH: Human skeleton. | Bones.
Classification: LCC QM101 (ebook) | LCC QM101 .S5487 2019 (print) | DDC 611/.71—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018037813
BOOK DESIGN BY MEIGHAN CAVANAUGH
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