Death, Dissection and the Destitute
2nd Edition
453 pages, 6 x 9
©
2001
Cloth $86.00
ISBN: 9780226712390
Published January 2001
Not for sale in the British Commonwealth except Canada
Paper $20.00
ISBN: 9780226712406
Published January 2001
Not for sale in the British Commonwealth except Canada
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. The Body
1. The Corpse and Popular Culture
2. The Corpse as an Anatomical Object
3. The Corpse as a Commodity
II. The Act
4. The Sanctity of the Grave Asserted
5. Foregone Conclusions
6. 'Trading Assassins'
7. Alternative Necrology
8. Bringing 'Science to the Poor Man's Door'
III. The Aftermath
9. The Act 'is Uninjurious if Unknown'
10. The Bureaucrat's Bad Dream
11. The Unpardonable Offence
Appendices
References
Bibliography
Afterword
Index
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