Death, Dissection and the Destitute: The Politics of the Corpse in Pre-Victorian Britain (Bog, Paperback, Engelsk)

Death, Dissection and the Destitute: The Politics of the Corpse in Pre-Victorian Britain (Bog, Paperback, Engelsk)

Af: Ruth Richardson


Forlag: The University of Chicago Press

  • Type: Bog
  • Format: Paperback
  • Sprog: Engelsk Sprog: Engelsk
  • ISBN-13: 9780226712406
  • Udgave: New ed
  • Udgivelsesdato: 05-03-2001
  • Første udgivelsesår: 2001
  • Illustrationer: Ill.
  • Originalsprog: United States
  • Sideantal: 472
  • Indbinding: Paperback
  • Forlag: The University of Chicago Press
  • Sideoplysninger: 472 pages, Ill.
  • Mål: 156 x 229 x 25

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In the early 19th century, body snatching was rife because the only corpses available for medical study were those of hanged murderers. With the Anatomy Act of 1832 the bodies of those who died destitute in workhouses were appropriated for dissection. This text explores this history.

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