Death, dissection and the destitute
Human dissection
Autopsy
Funeral Rites
Deaths
Menselijk lichaam
Great britain, politics and government, 19th century
Medical Legislation
Dissection
Great britain, politics and government
Medical education
Funeral rites and ceremonies
History, 19th Century
Mort
Great britain, social conditions
Great britain, history
Anatomy
Aspect social
Death
Geschichte
Social aspects
Education
Social conditions
History
"In the early nineteenth century, body snatching was rife because the only corpses available for medical study were those of hanged murderers. With the Anatomy Act of 1832, however, the bodies of those who died destitute in workhouses were appropriated for dissection. At a time when such a procedure…
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