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An edition of Death, dissection and the destitute (1987)

Death, dissection, and the destitute

2nd ed. with a new afterword

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"In the early nineteenth century, body snatching was rife because the only corpses available for medical study were those of hanged murderers. With the Anatomy Act of 1832, however, the bodies of those who died destitute in workhouses were appropriated for dissection. At a time when such a procedure was regarded with fear and revulsion, the Anatomy Act effectively rendered dissection a punishment for poverty. Providing both historical and contemporary insights, Death, Dissection, and the Destitute opens rich new prospects in history and history of science. The new afterword draws important parallels between social and medical history and contemporary concerns regarding organs for transplant and human tissue for research."--BOOK JACKET.

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University of Chicago Press
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English
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453

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Death Funeral rites and ceremonies Social aspects of Death Body snatching Dead bodies (Law) Social conditions History Human dissection Great britain, social conditions Great britain, politics and government, 19th century Dissection Funeral Rites Mort Aspect social Histoire Deaths Social aspects Bestattungsritus Geschichte Sektion Menselijk lichaam Autopsie Misdadigers Armen (personen) Great britain, history Great britain, politics and government Grave Robbing Medical Legislation History, 19th Century Medical Education Autopsy Anatomy Education Cadaver

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Death, dissection and the destitute
2001, Phoenix Press, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English - 2nd ed. with a new afterword.
Cover of: Death, dissection, and the destitute
Death, dissection, and the destitute
2001, University of Chicago Press
in English - 2nd ed. with a new afterword
Cover of: Death, dissection and the destitute
Death, dissection and the destitute
1989, Penguin
in English
Cover of: Death, dissection, and the destitute
Death, dissection, and the destitute
1987, Routledge & Kegan Paul
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [378]-407) and index.
Originally published: London ; New York : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987.

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Chicago

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Dewey Decimal Class
393/.0941
Library of Congress
GT3243 .R53 2001, GT3243.R53 2001, GT3243 .R53 2000

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvii, 453 p. :
Number of pages
453

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL6794076M
ISBN 10
0226712397, 0226712400
LCCN
00062029
OCLC/WorldCat
48498887
LibraryThing
170710
Goodreads
893642
772604

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OL5277317W

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