Body Snatching

The Robbing of Graves for the Education of Physicians in Early Nineteenth Century America

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2005-03-10
Mått:152 x 229 x 7 mm
Vikt:204 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:144
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786422326

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Suzanne M. Shultz, has published works on the history of medicine and Three Mile Island. She is the director of Library Services of Philip A. Hoover, M.D. Library at WellSpan Health at York Hospital. She lives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

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“exciting, fascinating...unique”—SirReadaLot.org; “explains why the practice existed, how disinterment of corpses was accomplished and who committed these acts”—Reference & Research Book News.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsPreface Introduction The Horrors of Dissection Post Mortems and Anatomies in the Colonies Dissection for Education Resurrection of the Dead American Professionals Murder! The Coming of the Anatomy Acts The Decline of the Body Snatchers Popular Literature Appendix A: “History of the Anatomy Act of Pennsylvania,” by William Smith Forbes, M.D., 1867 Appendix B: Reports of Societies from the Cincinnati Lancet and Clinic, The Academy of Medicine on the Anatomy Act Annotated Bibliography Index