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Death, Dissection and the Destitute
Death Dissection and the Destitute
Author: Ruth Richardson
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 Anato...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226712406
ISBN-10: 0226712400
Publication Date: 1/1/2001
Pages: 453
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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