Human remains : dissection and its histories / Helen MacDonald
By: MacDonald, Helen (Helen Patricia).
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2011Description: xiv, 220 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780300136364.Subject(s): Human dissection -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Human dissection -- Australia -- Tasmania -- History -- 19th century | Dissection -- history -- England | Dissection -- history -- Australia -- Tasmania | Crime -- history -- England | Crime -- history -- Australia -- Tasmania | Dissection -- ethics -- England | Dissection -- ethics -- Australia -- Tasmania | History, 19th Century -- England | History, 19th Century -- Australia -- TasmaniaGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
Introduction: Performing anatomy -- Companions with the dead -- Dissecting Mary McLauchlan -- Interlude -- The bone collectors -- Death and dissection, 1869 -- The use and abuse of human remains
| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-212)
Introduction: Performing anatomy -- Companions with the dead -- Dissecting Mary McLauchlan -- Interlude -- The bone collectors -- Death and dissection, 1869 -- The use and abuse of human remains