Death, Dissection and the Destitute
Ruth Richardson
Penguin (1989)
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Social Science, History
Death - Social Aspects - England, Grave Robbing, Anatomists
9780140228625
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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.
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LoC Classification HQ1073.5 .G7
LoC Control Number gb89025554
Dewey 306.9/0942
No. of Pages 426
Height x Width 7.9 x 1.0  inch
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