Dying for Victorian Medicine

English Anatomy and its Trade in the Dead Poor, c.1834 - 1929

E. Hurren (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

398 Seiten

2012 | 1st ed. 2012
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-30515-5 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	26.05.2016
Zusatzinfo	XVIII, 398 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	507 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
	Naturwissenschaften
Schlagworte	anatomy • Anatomy Act • Asylum • body trade • Charles Dickens • death and dying • Dissection • infirmary • medical education • Medical History • Poverty • Social History • Victorian history • workhouse
ISBN-10	1-349-30515-4 / 1349305154
ISBN-13	978-1-349-30515-5 / 9781349305155
Zustand	Neuware