Dissecting the Criminal Corpse

Elizabeth T. Hurren

Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

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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.

ISBN-13
9781137582485
ISBN-10
1137582480
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2016
Publication date
2016-08-19
Pages
326
Dimensions
212x157x32
Weight
590