Digging up the dead : the life and times of Astley Cooper, an extraordinary surgeon
Burch, Druin2007
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A historical narrative, where surgeons and body-snatchers colluded and conspired because this was the only way the surgeons could get anatomical experience. This book tells the story of Astley Cooper (1768-1841), a tearaway young man from Norfolk who became a fiery radical and a brilliantly successful surgeon.
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London : Chatto & Windus, 2007.
Collation:
xii, 276 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-266) and index.
ISBN:
9780701179854 (hbk)
Dewey class:
617.092
Local class:
617.092LORB
Language:
English
Subject:
Cooper, Astley, Sir, 1768-1841Surgeons -- Great Britain -- BiographyHuman dissection -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th centuryHuman dissection -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryBody snatching -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th centuryBody snatching -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryBiography
BRN:
299873
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