Stories
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Crime drama and the realistic cadaver
Today we are accustomed to the increasingly realistic look of dead bodies in on-screen dramas. Special-effects expert Hildegunn M S Traa reveals how crime and morgue scenes reflect the social idea of death.
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Getting under the skin
Before the invention of X-ray in 1895 there was really only one way to accurately study the human body, and that was to cut it open.
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The relationship between science and art
Often seen as opposites, science and art both depend on observation and synthesis.
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Paris Morgue and a public spectacle of death
Known as the “only free theatre in Paris”, La Morgue was a popular place for the public to view cadavers on display.
Catalogue
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Cadaver diaries
Willberg, Kriota- Archives and manuscripts
Cadaver Organ Donors
Date: 1980-1988Reference: SA/BTS/D/1Part of: British Transplantation Society- Digital Images
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Cadaver of a man with osteitis deformans
St Bartholomew's Hospital Photographic Society- Books
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Schlemm's Operations-Uebungen am Cadaver dargestellt und als Leitfaden für dieselben bearbeitet / von Fr. Ravoth.
Ravoth, Fr., 1816-1878.Date: 1845- Books
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Leitfaden für Operationsübungen am Cadaver : und deren Verwerthung beim lebenden Menschen / von E. Burlt.
Gurlt, Ernst Julius, 1825-1899.Date: 1881