Death, Dissection and the Destitute: The Politics of the Corpse in Pre-Victorian Britain - Tapa blanda

Richardson, Ruth

 
9780226712406: Death, Dissection and the Destitute: The Politics of the Corpse in Pre-Victorian Britain
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ISBN 10: 0226712400 ISBN 13: 9780226712406
Editorial: University of Chicago Press, 2001

Sinopsis

In the early 19th century, body snatching was rife because the only corpses available for medical study were those of hanged murderers. With the Anatomy Act of 1832 the bodies of those who died destitute in workhouses were appropriated for dissection. This text explores this history.

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Acerca del autor

Ruth Richardson is a historian living in London.

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Until 1832 dissection-much hated and much feared-was restricted to the corpses of hanged murderers. Bodysnatching was rife. The 1832 Anatomy Act, however, appropriated instead the corpses of the poor, effectively rendering dissection a punishment for poverty. Death, Dissection and the Destitute reveals why fear of the pauper funeral so afflicted the nineteenth-century poor. Ruth Richardson's book opens rich prospects in history and the history of science. Her new afterword draws important parallels between historical and current concerns about the body, organs for transplant, and human tissue for research.

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Until 1832 dissection-much hated and much feared-was restricted to the corpses of hanged murderers. Bodysnatching was rife. The 1832 Anatomy Act, however, appropriated instead the corpses of the poor, effectively rendering dissection a punishment for poverty. Death, Dissection and the Destitute reveals why fear of the pauper funeral so afflicted the nineteenth-century poor. Ruth Richardson's book opens rich prospects in history and the history of science. Her new afterword draws important parallels between historical and current concerns about the body, organs for transplant, and human tissue for research.

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Editorial
University of Chicago Press
Año de publicación
2001
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0226712400
ISBN 13 
9780226712406
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
453
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