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Death, dissection, and the destitute / Ruth Richardson.

Author/creator Richardson, Ruth
Format Book and Print
Edition2nd ed. with a new afterword.
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000.
Descriptionxvii, 453 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Funeral Rites--history --Great Britain.
Cadaver--Great Britain.
Dissection--history --Great Britain.
Grave Robbing--history --Great Britain.
History, 19th Century--Great Britain.
Social Conditions--history --Great Britain.
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Great Britain.
Body snatching--Great Britain.
Human dissection--Great Britain.
Dead bodies (Law)--Great Britain.
General noteOriginally published: London ; New York : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [378]-407) and index.
Acquisitions source Laupus- Robert W. Cihak History of Medicine Collection
ISBN0226712397 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780226712390 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226712400 (paper : alk. paper)
ISBN9780226712406 (paper : alk. paper)

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