Book ID: CBB001033735

Possessing the Dead: The Artful Science of Anatomy (2010)

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MacDonald, Helen (Author)


Melbourne University Press


Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: vii + 289 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Frampton, Sally (2014) Review of "Possessing the Dead: The Artful Science of Anatomy". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (p. 283). unapi

Review Howes, Hilary (2011) Review of "Possessing the Dead: The Artful Science of Anatomy". Historical Records of Australian Science (p. 172). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Hurren, Elizabeth T.
Richardson, Ruth Drucilla
Sappol, Michael
Jonsson, Fredrik Albritton
Mandressi, Rafael
Payne, Lynda
Journals
Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Vesalius
Medical History
History of Psychiatry
Medicina Historica
Publishers
Palgrave Macmillan
University of Chicago Press
Princeton University Press
Éditions du Seuil
Ashgate
University of New Hampshire
Concepts
Dissection
Human anatomy
Medicine
Human body
Medical education and teaching
Anatomy
People
Harvey, William
Hunter, John
Thurlow, Thomas
Hume, David
Hunter, William
Mondino de' Liuzzi
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
20th century
21st century
17th century
Places
Great Britain
Melbourne (Victoria, Australia)
United States
Australia
Pennsylvania (U.S.)
Bologna (Italy)
Institutions
Oxford University
University of Melbourne
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