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A traffic of dead bodies : anatomy and embodied social identity in nineteenth-century America /

"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 authority over the living and the dead. It als...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sappol, Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2004.
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