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Author:

MacDonald, Helen (Helen Patricia)

Title:

Possessing the dead : the artful science of anatomy / Helen MacDonald.

Publisher:

Melbourne University Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

vii, 289 p. : ill., ports.

Subject:

Cadaver--Australia.
Cadaver--England.
Cadaver--Scotland.
Grave Robbing--Australia.
Grave Robbing--England.
Grave Robbing--Scotland.
Dissection--history--Australia.
Dissection--history--England.
Dissection--history--Scotland.
History, 19th Century--Australia.
History, 19th Century--England.
History, 19th Century--Scotland.
Body snatching--History--19th century.
Dead.
Dissection--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The ingenious act -- After the murders -- A body burial is a body wasted -- Trafficking in the dead -- The morbid anatomist -- Truganini's skin -- Dr Belgrave and humanity's discards -- The government's bodies -- Dealing with the dead.

ISBN:

0522857353 (pbk.)
9780522857351 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)554512711

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)