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Michael Sappol, Ph.D.,

Historian


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Michael Sappol, Ph.D.,
Historian

  • Personal Data

    Michael Sappol, Ph.D., Historian

    Historian, History of Medicine Division
    Building 38, Room 1E21
    National Library of Medicine
    8600 Rockville Pike
    Bethesda, MD 20894-3819

    Citizenship: USA

    sappolm@mail.nih.gov
    Office phone: 301.594.0348
    Fax: 201.402.0872


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  • Professional Experience


    Current Position


    Historian, History of Medicine Division

    National Library of Medicine
    Bethesda, MD

    Michael Sappol is a historian in the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine (National Institutes of Health), Bethesda, MD.He received a Ph.D. in history from Columbia University in 1997. His scholarly work focuses on the cultural history of the body; the history of anatomy and medical representations and displays of the body; the history of alternative and popular medicine; the history of medical film. In 2003, he curated Dream Anatomy, an exhibition on the history of evocative anatomical illustration and display, and in 2006 Visible Proofs, an exhibition on the history of forensic medicine. He currently lives in Washington, DC and New York City.


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  • Articles and Chapters

    Selected other publications:


    "A Traffic of Dead Bodies: Anatomy and Embodied Social Identity in 19th-Century America (Princeton University Press, 2002)


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  • Web Sites



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