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Corpses in Belgian Anatomy, 1860–1914: Nobody’s Dead (Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History) by Tinne Claes is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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This book tells the story of the thousands of corpses that ended up in the hands of anatomists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Composed as a travel story from the point of view of the cadaver, this study offers a full-blown cultural history of death and dissection, with insights that easily go beyond the history of anatomy and the specific case of Belgium. From acquisition to disposal, the trajectories of the corpse changed under the influence of social policies, ideologica
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Tinne Claes
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783030201142
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Medical, Science, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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