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The anatomy murders : being the true and spectacular history of Edinburgh's notorious Burke and Hare, and of the man of science who abetted them in the commission of their most heinous crimes / Lisa Rosner.
- Rosner, Lisa.
- Date
- [2010], ©2010
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2010], ©2010.
Physical description
vi, 328 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contributors
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The corpus delicti -- The anatomy wars -- Burking invented -- Sold to Dr. Knox -- Based on a true story -- The dangerous classes -- Anonymous subjects -- The criminal mind -- Crime scene : Edinburgh -- Day in court -- All that remains.
Languages
- English
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineKM.4646.AA8Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780812241914
- 0812241916