Book ID: CBB000741949

Human Remains: Dissection and Its Histories (2006)

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MacDonald, Helen (Author)


Yale University Press


Publication Date: 2006
Physical Details: xiv + 220 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Looks at human dissection in Tasmania in the 19th century.


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Review Rosner, Lisa (2007) Review of "Human Remains: Dissection and Its Histories". Bulletin of the History of Medicine (p. 883). unapi

Review Ahrén, Eva (2008-9) Review of "Human Remains: Dissection and Its Histories". Journal of Social History (p. 539). unapi

Review Durbach, Nadia (2007) Review of "Human Remains: Dissection and Its Histories". American Historical Review. unapi

Review Lawrence, Susan C. (2007) Review of "Human Remains: Dissection and Its Histories". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 852). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Orchiston, Wayne
Wielebinski, Richard
George, Martin
Slee, Bruce
Ashby, Jack
Al-Gailani, Salim
Journals
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Social History of Medicine
International Journal of Historical Archaeology
Archives of Natural History
Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Environment and History
Publishers
CSIRO Publishing
University of Chicago Press
Concepts
Radio astronomy
Indigenous peoples; indigeneity
Colonialism
Controversies and disputes
Dissection
Evolution
People
Reber, Grote
Baudin, Nicolas
Clift, William
Darwin, Charles Robert
Ellis, Graeme Reade Anthony
Flinders, Matthew
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, late
18th century
20th century, early
17th century
20th century
Places
Tasmania (Australia)
Australia
New Zealand
England
New South Wales (Australia)
Sydney (Australia)
Institutions
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) (Australia)
Royal College of Surgeons, London
University of Tasmania
Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons
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