Dissection on display
Subtitle: cadavers, anatomists, and public spectacle
By: Christine Quigley
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780786444298
Subjects: Human dissection; History
Description: "This volume traces the past and present of public dissection. From Italian anatomy theaters to American dissecting laboratories, it chronicles the attacks on anatomy in the Middle Ages, the influence of Renaissance anatomist Andreas Vesalius, the procurement of bodies through execution and body snatchers, and the withdrawal of dissectors behind medical school doors in the early 20th century"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.