Dying for Victorian Medicine [electronic resource] : English Anatomy and its Trade in the Dead Poor, c.1834 - 1929 /
Hurren, E.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. An historical landscape -- pt. 2. An English anatomy trade.
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.
History.
Great Britain-History.
Medicine-History.
Civilization-History.
Social history.
History, Modern.
History of Science.
History of Britain and Ireland.
History of Medicine.
Cultural History.
Social History.
Modern History.