Dying for Victorian medicine : English anatomy and its trade in the dead poor, c. 1834-1929

Abstract

List of Tables, Figures and Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations PART I: A HISTORICAL LANDSCAPE Chalk on the Coffin: Re-Reading the Anatomy Act of 1832 Restoring the Face of the Corpse: Victorian Death and Dying A Dissection Room Drama: English Medical Education PART II: AN ENGLISH ANATOMY TRADE Dealing in the Dispossessed Poor: St. Bartholomew's Hospital Pauper Corpses: Cambridge and its Provincial Trade Balancing the Books: The Business of Anatomy at Oxford Better a Third of a Loaf Than No Bread: Manchester's Human Material Conclusion Selected Bibliography Index

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