Possessing The Dead - The Artful Science of Anatomy (Paperback)

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 and an eye for detail, award-winning historian Helen MacDonald brings to life this gruesome past to reveal the chicanery at play behind the procuring of bodies for dissections, autopsies and collections.

General

Imprint:	Melbourne University Press
Country of origin:	Australia
Release date:	April 2024
First published:	2011
Authors:	Helen Macdonald
Dimensions:	236 x 153 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	302
ISBN-13:	978-0-522-85735-1
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical ethics Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Mortuary practice Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > General Promotions
LSN:	0-522-85735-3
Barcode:	9780522857351

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