Death, Dissection and the Destitute by Ruth Richardson
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Death, Dissection and the Destitute
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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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CIN0226712400G
9780226712406
0226712400
Death, Dissection and the Destitute by Ruth Richardson
Used - Good
Paperback
The University of Chicago Press
20010101
472
N/A
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