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Celebrating our 20th anniversary in 2009, Blast Books publishes illustrated books on cultural and historical phenomenons—from The Mütter Museum to Mental Hygiene. Our lead title for Spring 2009, Dissection, is, said The New York Times, "an extraordinary collection of photographs... Forget the truckloads of grandiose prose that has been spun about the art and science of medicine over the centuries: one look at this picture [page 188] and you understand what it is all supposed to be about." |
 Our book was the #1 most popular pictorial attraction on Newsweek.com for 2008 See A Century of Medical Oddities  |
 "This is the most extraordinary book I have ever seen—the perfect coffee table book for all the households where I'd most like to be invited for coffee." —Mary Roach See the review in:  See the review in:  Listen to Dissection co-author John Warner on NPR's All Things Considered:  Listen to Dissection co-author Jim Edmonson on NPR's Science Friday:  |
 Weenie roasts are swell! "Smith’s informative and often hilarious short essays on classroom film genres like ‘Girls Only,’ ‘Dating,’ ‘Sex Education,’ and ‘Fitting In’ illuminate the social indoctrination of American teenagers." —Publishers Weekly Many films featured in Mental Hygiene can be seen at the Internet Archive; for example: 1 | 2 | 3 |