Death, Dissection and the Destitute

Richardson, Ruth

ISBN 10: 0140228624 / ISBN 13: 9780140228625

Published by Penguin Books, 1989

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Death, Dissection and the Destitute
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140228624
• ISBN 13: 9780140228625
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dimensions: 2.54W x 17.78H x 12.7D centimeters 2.54 centimeters width by 17.78 centimeters height by 12.7 centimeters depth

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Synopsis

Libro usado en buenas condiciones, por su antiguedad podria contener señales normales de uso

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Until 1832 dissection-much hated and much feared-was restricted to the corpses of hanged murderers. Bodysnatching was rife. The 1832 Anatomy Act, however, appropriated instead the corpses of the poor, effectively rendering dissection a punishment for poverty. Death, Dissection and the Destitute reveals why fear of the pauper funeral so afflicted the nineteenth-century poor. Ruth Richardson's book opens rich prospects in history and the history of science. Her new afterword draws important parallels between historical and current concerns about the body, organs for transplant, and human tissue for research.