A Traffic of Dead Bodies: Anatomy and Embodied Social Identity in Nineteenth-Century America by Michael Sappol

A Traffic of Dead Bodies: Anatomy and Embodied Social Identity in Nineteenth-Century America

Michael Sappol

448 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative fast-paced
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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...

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