Dying for Victorian Medicine

English Anatomy and Its Trade in the Dead Poor, C.1834 - 1929
2012. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-137-40589-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 398 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 463 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hurren, E.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

ELIZABETH T. HURRENReader in the History of Medicine at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She is a leading expert on the history of anatomy and the body, poverty and welfare.