Author: Missouri State Medical AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Journal
Author: Missouri State Medical AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Archives of Ophthalmology
Author: Medical Review of Reviews
Author: Washington, Past and Present
Author: John Clagett ProctorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Washington (D.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
Tropical Diseases Bulletin
Author: Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Author: Who's who in America
Author: John W. LeonardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2504
Book Description
Vols. 28-30 accompanied by separately published parts with title: Indices and necrology.
The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Author: Bulletin ...
Author: University of St. Andrews. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
American Body Snatchers
Author: Richard S. Ross IIIPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476652627
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
At the beginning of the 19th century, physicians teaching anatomy in New England medical schools expected students to have hands-on experience with cadavers. As the only bodies that could be dissected legally were convicted murderers, this led to a lack of sufficient bodies for study. These doctors and their students turned to removing the dead from graveyards and cemeteries for dissection. The first medical school in Washington, D.C. was founded in 1825, headed by a Massachusetts physician convicted of body snatching, and made the practice commonplace in the area. This history of body snatching in the 19th century focuses on medical schools in New England and Washington, D.C., along with the religious, moral, and social objections during the time. With research from contemporary newspapers, medical articles, and university archives, topics such as state anatomy laws and their effects on doctors, students, and the poor--who were the usual victims--are covered, as are perceptions of physicians and medical schools by the local communities.