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Dissecting the Criminal Corpse

Those convicted of homicide were hanged on the public gallows before being dissected under the Murder Act in Georgian England. Yet, from 1752, whether criminals actually died on the hanging tree or in the dissection room remained a medical mystery in early modern society. Dissecting the Criminal Cor...

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1. Verfasser: T. Hurren, Elizabeth
Format: Online
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Springer Nature 2021
Schlagworte:
georgian england
convicts
murderers
homicide
early modern england
murder act
crime studies
Anatomy
Autopsy
Capital punishment
Dissection
Gallows
Hanging
London
Surgeons' Hall
Surgery
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science
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