Dying for Victorian Medicine: English Anatomy and its Trade in the Dead Poor, c.1834 - 1929

Hurren, E.

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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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-12-12

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781137405890

DOI: 10.1057/9780230355651

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 398