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, Hurrenuses remarkable case histories which still echo a vibrant body-business on the internet today in a biomedical age. 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. INDICE: 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 - Balancingthe Books: The Business of Anatomy at Oxford - Better a Third of a Loaf Than No Bread: Manchester's Human Material - Conclusion - Selected Bibliography - Index -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-21966-3
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 400
• Fecha Publicación: 04/11/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés