Includes bibliographical references and index 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...
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Includes bibliographical references and index 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
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part I An Historical Landscape; 1 Chalk on the Coffin: Re-Reading the Anatomy Act of 1832; 2 Restoring the Face of the Corpse: Victorian Death and Dying; 3 A Dissection Room Drama: English Medical Education; Part II An English Anatomy Trade; 4 Dealing in the Dispossessed Poor: St. Bartholomew's Hospital; 5 Pauper Corpses: Cambridge and Its Provincial Trade; 6 Balancing the Books: The Business of Anatomy at Oxford University
7 'Better a third of a loaf than no bread': Manchester's Human MaterialConclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index;
