A Traffic of Dead Bodies : : Anatomy and Embodied Social Identity in Nineteenth-Century America / / Michael Sappol.
A Traffic of Dead Bodies enters the sphere of bodysnatching medical students, dissection-room pranks, and anatomical fantasy. It shows how nineteenth-century American physicians used anatomy to develop a vital professional identity, while claiming authority over the living and the dead. It also intr...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018] ©2001 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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