Death, Dissection and the Destitute

Death, Dissection and the Destitute - Pelican Books

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Publisher's Synopsis

This study reveals the horrifying fate of dead criminals in the nineteenth century whose bodies were sentenced to dissection as an expression of society's revulsion at their crimes, the consequences of which sometimes led to bodysnatching and the selling of victims' bodies to anatomists.

Book information

ISBN: 9780140228625
Publisher: Penguin
Imprint: Penguin
Pub date:
DEWEY: 306.90942
DEWEY edition: 19
Language: English
Number of pages: 426
Weight: 311g
Height: 197mm
Width: 128mm
Spine width: 26mm