Death, Dissection and the Destitute

by Ruth Richardson

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226712400
• ISBN13: 9780226712406
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 453 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"