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Body Snatching: The Robbing of Graves for the Education of Physicians in Early Nineteenth Century America - Tapa blanda

Suzanne M. Shultz

 
9780786422326: Body Snatching: The Robbing of Graves for the Education of Physicians in Early Nineteenth Century America
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ISBN 10: 0786422327 ISBN 13: 9780786422326
Editorial: McFarland and Company, Inc., 2005

Sinopsis

Also called "resurrectionists," body snatchers, were careful not to take anything from the grave but the body--stealing only the corpse was not considered a felony since the courts had already said that a dead body had no owner. ("Burking"--i.e., murder--was the alternative method of supplying "stiffs" to medical schools; it is covered here as well). This book recounts the practice of grave robbing for the medical education of American medical students and physicians during the late 1700s and 1800s in the US, why body snatching came about and how disinterment was done, and presents information on: efforts to prevent the practice, a group of professional grave robbers, and the European experience.

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Acerca del autor

Suzanne M. Shultz has published works on the history of medicine and Three Mile Island. She is the director of Library Services of Philip A. Hoover, M.D. Library at WellSpan Health at York Hospital. She lives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

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Editorial
McFarland and Company, Inc.
Año de publicación
2005
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0786422327
ISBN 13 
9780786422326
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
146
Contacto del fabricante
McFarland
https://mcfarlandbooks.com/

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