Death, Dissection and the Destitute : The Politics of the Corpse in Pre-Victorian Britain, Paperback Book

Death, Dissection and the Destitute : The Politics of the Corpse in Pre-Victorian Britain Paperback

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AcknowledgmentsIntroductionI. The Body1. The Corpse and Popular Culture2. The Corpse as an Anatomical Object3. The Corpse as a CommodityII. The Act4. The Sanctity of the Grave Asserted5. Foregone Conclusions6. 'Trading Assassins'7. Alternative Necrology8. Bringing 'Science to the Poor Man's Door'III. The Aftermath9. The Act 'is Uninjurious if Unknown'10. The Bureaucrat's Bad Dream11. The Unpardonable OffenceAppendicesReferencesBibliographyAfterwordIndex

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