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Human Remains : Episodes in Human Dissection - Helen Patricia MacDonald

Human Remains

Episodes in Human Dissection

By: Helen Patricia MacDonald

Paperback | 1 March 2005 | Edition Number 1

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Bone collecting, body snatching, and the buying and selling of human remains have seldom been acknowledged as vital parts in the development of Western medicine.

In this elegantly written account, the British medical systems' dependence upon the penal colony of Tasmania for anatomy training is explored. The lives of the poor who were routinely turned over to surgeons for study and the brisk trade in the remains of Aboriginal people are also investigated.

Unlike other histories of medicine, this study looks at the way anatomy was intertwined with art, pleasure, punishment, and most importantly, the wielding of power. Illustrated with 19th-century engravings, sketches and photographs, this work captures the popular imagination and taps into the current fascination with all things forensic.

About the Author

Helen MacDonald is an award-winning historian and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Australian Centre, University of Melbourne. She is currently investigating how anatomy came to be regulated in the Australian colonies, and exploring the links between medical and non-medical uses of the dead from the nineteenth century to the present.

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