The Body Divided: Human Beings and Human 'Material' in Modern Medical History (The History of Medicine in Context) - Hardcover

Buch 11 von 57: The History of Medicine in Context

Wilde, Sally

 
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Bodies and body parts of the dead have long been considered valuable material for use in medical science. They have been dissected, autopsied, investigated, harvested for research and therapeutic purposes, collected to turn into museum and other specimens, and then displayed, disposed of, and exchanged. This book examines the history of such activities, from the early nineteenth century through to the present, in hospitals, universities, workhouses and lunatic asylums in England and Australia. A series of case studies reveals the changing scientific, economic and emotional value of corpses and their contested place in medical science.

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Sarah Ferber is Associate Professor of History at the University of Wollongong, Australia, and Sally Wilde is Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, Australia.

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ISBN 10:  1138246824 ISBN 13:  9781138246829
Verlag: Routledge, 2016
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