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Human Remains: Episodes in Human Dissection
Human Remains Episodes in Human Dissection
Author: Helen Macdonald
Bone collecting, body snatching, and the buying and selling of human remains have seldom been acknowledged as vital parts in the development of Western medicine. In this elegantly written account, the British medical systems' dependence upon the penal colony of Tasmania for anatomy training is explored. The lives of the poor who were routinely t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780522851571
ISBN-10: 0522851576
Publication Date: 11/1/2005
Pages: 240
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Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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