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Possessing the Dead: The Artful Science of Anatomy
Helen Macdonald
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Description for Possessing the Dead: The Artful Science of Anatomy
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1MBF; 3JH; HBJM; HBT; MBDC; MQZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 410.
London, 1868: visiting Australian Aboriginal cricketer Charles Rose has died in Guy's Hospital. What happened next is shrouded in mystery. The only certainty is that Charles Rose's body did not go directly to a grave.
Written with clarity and verve, and drawing on a rich array of material, Possessing the Dead explores the disturbing history of the cadaver trade in Scotland, England and Australia, where laws once gave certain officials possession of the dead, and no corpse lying in a workhouse, hospital, asylum or gaol was entirely safe from interference.
With a rare blend of curiosity, delight in the unexpected ... Read more
London, 1868: visiting Australian Aboriginal cricketer Charles Rose has died in Guy's Hospital. What happened next is shrouded in mystery. The only certainty is that Charles Rose's body did not go directly to a grave.
Written with clarity and verve, and drawing on a rich array of material, Possessing the Dead explores the disturbing history of the cadaver trade in Scotland, England and Australia, where laws once gave certain officials possession of the dead, and no corpse lying in a workhouse, hospital, asylum or gaol was entirely safe from interference.
With a rare blend of curiosity, delight in the unexpected ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Carlton, Australia
ISBN
9780522857351
SKU
V9780522857351
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Helen Macdonald
Helen MacDonald is the author of the critically acclaimed Human Remains, which won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award (History) and was short-listed for the Ernest Scott History Prize. She is a Senior Fellow at The Australian Centre in the School of Historical Studies at the University of Melbourne.
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