Dying for Victorian Medicine

Part I. An Historical Landscape

1. Chalk on the Coffin: Re-Reading the Anatomy Act of 1832
Elizabeth T. Hurren

2. Restoring the Face of the Corpse: Victorian Death and Dying
Elizabeth T. Hurren

3. A Dissection Room Drama: English Medical Education
Elizabeth T. Hurren

Part II. An English Anatomy Trade

4. Dealing in the Dispossessed Poor: St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Elizabeth T. Hurren

5. Pauper Corpses: Cambridge and Its Provincial Trade
Elizabeth T. Hurren

6. Balancing the Books: The Business of Anatomy at Oxford University
Elizabeth T. Hurren

7. ‘Better a third of a loaf than no bread’: Manchester’s Human Material
Elizabeth T. Hurren

8. Conclusion
Elizabeth T. Hurren

Keywords: History, History of Science, History of Britain and Ireland, History of Medicine, Cultural History, Social History, Modern History