Death, Dissection and the Destitute

Richardson, Ruth

ISBN 10: 0226712400 / ISBN 13: 9780226712406

Editore: University of Chicago Press, 2001

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Codice articolo GOR010135433

Riassunto:

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. The new afterword draws important parallels between social and medical history and contemporary concerns regarding organs for transplant and human tissue for research.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Ruth Richardson is a historian living in London.

Dati bibliografici

Titolo: Death, Dissection and the Destitute
Casa editrice: University of Chicago Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2001
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good