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, Hurren uses remarkable case histories which still echo a vibrant body-bus...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
2012, 2012
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Physical Description: | XVIII, 380 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780230355651 |