Death, dissection and the destitute

Description:

"In the early nineteenth century, body snatching was rife because the only corpses available for medical study were those of hanged murderers. With the Anatomy Act of 1832, however, the bodies of those who died destitute in workhouses were appropriated for dissection. At a time when such a procedure was regarded with fear and revulsion, the Anatomy Act effectively rendered dissection a punishment for poverty. Providing both historical and contemporary insights, Death, Dissection, and the Destitute opens rich new prospects in history and history of science. The new afterword draws important parallels between social and medical history and contemporary concerns regarding organs for transplant and human tissue for research."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Death,  Funeral rites and ceremonies,  Social aspects of Death,  Body snatching,  Dead bodies (Law),  Social conditions,  History,  Human dissection,  Great britain, social conditions,  Great britain, politics and government, 19th century,  Dissection,  Funeral Rites,  Mort,  Aspect social,  Histoire,  Deaths,  Social aspects,  Bestattungsritus,  Geschichte,  Sektion,  Menselijk lichaam,  Autopsie,  Misdadigers,  Armen (personen),  Great britain, history,  Great britain, politics and government,  Grave Robbing,  Medical Legislation,  History, 19th Century,  Medical Education,  Autopsy,  Anatomy,  Education,  Cadaver

Places: England,  Great Britain

Times: 19th century