Possessing the Dead: The Artful Science of Anatomy
Author(s): Helen Patricia MacDonald
London, 1868: visiting Australian Aboriginal cricketer Charles Rose has died in Guy's Hospital. His body did not go directly to a grave. 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 brings to life this gruesome past.
Product Information
Helen MacDonald is the author of the critically acclaimed Human Remains.
General Fields
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- : Melbourne University Press
- : Melbourne University Press
- : 0.406
- : 31 May 2010
- : Australia
- : books
Special Fields
- : Illustrations
- : 304
- : 393.09034
- : 1
- : Paperback
- : Helen Patricia MacDonald