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.
Tinne Claes
Fughelli, Patrizia
Knowles, S A
Wilde, Sally
Sappol, Michael
Journals
Medicina Historica
Vesalius
Medical History
History of Psychiatry
Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Publishers
Palgrave Macmillan
Open University (United Kingdom)
University of New Hampshire
University of Chicago Press
Princeton University Press
Éditions du Seuil
Concepts
Dissection
Human anatomy
Medicine
Human body
Anatomy
Medical education and teaching
People
Hunter, John
Harvey, William
Thurlow, Thomas
Mondino de' Liuzzi
Hunter, William
Hume, David
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
21st century
20th century
18th century
Medieval
Places
Great Britain
Melbourne (Victoria, Australia)
Bologna (Italy)
United States
Italy
Belgium
Institutions
Oxford University
University of Melbourne
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