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 | Death, Dissection and the Destitute (1st Edition) by Ruth Richardson Paperback, 453 Pages, Published 2001 ISBN-10: 0-226-71240-0 / 0226712400 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-71240-6 / 9780226712406 In the early nineteenth century, body snatching was rife because the only corpses available for medical study were those of hanged murderers. With the Anatomy Act of 1832, however, the bodies of those who died destitute in workhouses were appropriated for dissection. At a time when such a procedure | |