Human Remains : Medicine, Death, and Desire in Nineteenth-Century Paris.

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The living and the dead cohabited Paris until the late 18th century, when, in the name of public health, measures were taken to drive the latter from the city. Cemeteries were removed from urban space, and corpses started to be viewed as terrifyingly noxious substances. Working across a broad range...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Strauss, Jonathan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bronx : Fordham University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Dead > Social aspects > History > 19th century.
Death > France > Paris > History > 19th century.
Human body > Social aspects > France > Paris > History > 19th century.
Medicine > France > Paris > History > 19th century.
Public health > France > Paris > History > 19th century.
Morts > Aspect social > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Mort > France > Paris > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Corps humain > Aspect social > France > Paris > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Médecine > France > Paris > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Santé publique > France > Paris > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Dead > Social aspects
Death
Human body > Social aspects
Medicine
Public health
Social conditions
Paris (France) > Social conditions > 19th century.
France > Paris
History
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