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Body Snatching
- The Robbing of Graves for the Education of Physicians in Early Nineteenth Century America
Engelsk Paperback
Body Snatching
- The Robbing of Graves for the Education of Physicians in Early Nineteenth Century America
Engelsk Paperback

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Also called "resurrectionists," body snatchers, were careful not to take anything from the grave but the body--stealing only the corpse was not considered a felony since the courts had already said that a dead body had no owner. ("Burking"--i.e., murder--was the alternative method of supplying "stiffs" to medical schools; it is covered here as well).

This book recounts the practice of grave robbing for the medical education of American medical students and physicians during the late 1700s and 1800s in the US, why body snatching came about and how disinterment was done, and presents information on: efforts to prevent the practice, a group of professional grave robbers, and the European experience.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
144
ISBN-13:
9780786422326
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0786422327
Udg. Dato:
10 mar 2005
Længde:
7mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
McFarland & Co Inc
Oplagsdato:
10 mar 2005
Forfatter(e):
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