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Dying for Victorian medicine English anatomy and its trade in the dead poor, C.1834 - 1929 /

The first book to provide a detailed analysis of the body-trafficking networks of the dead poor that underpinned the expansion of medical education from Victorian times. With an even-handed approach to the business of anatomy, Hurren uses remarkable case histories which still echo a vibrant body-bus...

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Main Authors: Hurren, Elizabeth T.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Medicine > History > 19th century > England.
Medical education > History > 19th century > England.
Human dissection > Economic aspects > History > 19th century > England.
Sale of organs, tissues, etc > History > 19th century > England.
Poor > Social conditions > 19th century > England.
Social & cultural history > c 1800 to c 1900 > England.
History of medicine > c 1800 to c 1900 > England.
Anatomy > c 1800 to c 1900 > England.
British & Irish history > c 1800 to c 1900 > England.
History.
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230355651
Summary: The first book to provide a detailed analysis of the body-trafficking networks of the dead poor that underpinned the expansion of medical education from Victorian times. With an even-handed approach to the business of anatomy, Hurren uses remarkable case histories which still echo a vibrant body-business on the internet today in a biomedical age.
'Hurren takes up where Richardson left off to explore the demography, geography, culture, finance and socioeconomic dimensions of dissection. She successfully combines elements of the storyteller with penetrating historical insights to chart the growing complexities of the trade in cadavers after 1832. The result is a groundbreaking and exciting study of the dissected as 'matter out of place' that never loses sight of the poor or of the fear and impact of dissection.' - Keir Waddington, Cardiff University, UK.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230219663.
Carrier Form: 400 p.
ISBN: 9780230219663
9780230355651 :
023035565X :
CLC: R322
Contents: List of Tables, Figures and Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations PART I: A HISTORICAL LANDSCAPE Chalk on the Coffin: Re-Reading the Anatomy Act of 1832 Restoring the Face of the Corpse: Victorian Death and Dying A Dissection Room Drama: English Medical Education PART II: AN ENGLISH ANATOMY TRADE Dealing in the Dispossessed Poor: St. Bartholomew's Hospital Pauper Corpses: Cambridge and its Provincial Trade Balancing the Books: The Business of Anatomy at Oxford Better a Third of a Loaf Than No Bread: Manchester's Human Material Conclusion Selected Bibliography Index.

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