Man Transform D, Or The Artificial Changeling: Chapter Summary

From tattoos to piercings, tanning salons and botox booths, people have always been fascinating with modifying their body. Since early colonial travel, different ideals of beauty have been of interest. Seventeenth century physician and natural philosopher John Bulwer demonstrated the fascinating observations of early English colonialists’ in his book Anthropometamorphosis: Man Transform’d, or The Artificial Changeling. The book, released in 1653, describes how different cultures modify the body for beauty, religion and ritual.
The book demonstrates fascinating examples of early body modification around the globe including cranial deformation, skin stretching and scarification. It also demonstrates some humorous examples of fictional stories