The anatomy of Robert Knox
Subtitle: murder, mad science and medical regulation in nineteenth-century Edinburgh
By: A. W. Bates.
Publisher: Sussex Academic Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Brighton [England]; Portland, OR
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845193812
Subjects: Knox, Robert, -- 1791-1862; Knox, Robert, -- 1791-1862; Anatomists -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- Biography; Physicians -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- Biography; Medicine -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- History -- 19th century; Physicians -- Scotland -- Biography; Anatomists -- Scotland -- Biography; Dissection -- history -- Scotland; History, 19th Century -- Scotland
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The darling boy of the family, 1791-1810; title: A beautiful but seductive science, 1810-1814; title: Hospital assistant, 1815-1820; title: Parisian anatomy, 1821-1822; title: Museum medicine, 1823-1825; title: Knox primus et incomparabilis, 1825-1828; title: The West Port murders, 1828-1829; title: A nation of cannibals; title: The most popular teacher in our metropolis, 1830-1836; title: A scandalous monopoly, 1836-1840; title: Nature's high priest, 1840-1844; title: Popular anatomy, 1845-1848; title: The races of men, 1848-1851; title: A great scheme of nature; title: Distrust your genius, 1851-1855; title: The hideous interior; title: Organic harmonies, 1855-1862; title: Science run mad.