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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."
Mutter Museum Historic Medical Photographs

Our book was the #1 most popular pictorial attraction on Newsweek.com for 2008

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Dissection: Photographs of a Rite of Passage in American Medicine 1880 - 1930

"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:
The New York Times

See the review in:
The New York Times Book Review

Listen to Dissection co-author John Warner on NPR's All Things Considered:
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:
Listen to Dissection co-author Jim Edmonson on NPR's Science Friday

Mental Hygiene: Better Living Through Classroom Films 1945 - 1970

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