Death, Dissection and the Destitute Paperback - 2001 - 1st Edition
by Ruth Richardson
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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.
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- Title Death, Dissection and the Destitute
- Author Ruth Richardson
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 453
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Date 2001-01-01
- ISBN 9780226712406 / 0226712400
- Weight 1.51 lbs (0.68 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.05 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.67 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1800-1850
- Cultural Region: British
- Topical: Death/Dying
- Library of Congress subjects Great Britain - Social conditions - 19th, Funeral rites and ceremonies - Great Britain
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00062029
- Dewey Decimal Code 393.094
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