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416 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Medicine man : the forgotten museum of Henry Wellcome / edited by Ken Arnold and Danielle Olsen.

453 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 22 cm

Death, dissection and the destitute / Ruth Richardson.

The third item on the programme (lasting 7 minutes) is a report from the exhibition 'Medicine Man - the Forgotten Museum of Henry Wellcome' at the British Museum.

Front row : Medicine Man exhibition.

Dan Cruickshank presents a wide-ranging survey of death culture, burial practices and the uses of the dead to the living in Victorian Britain. Features Dr. Ruth Richardson (Wellcome Centre for Medical History, U.C.L.).

1 video cassette (VHS) (50 min.) : sound, color, PAL

From body-snatching to burning: the victorian way of death.

Andrew Graham-Dixon hosts an episode of the Culture Show which focuses on the crossover between art and science. Of particular interest is Michael Smith's visit to the 'Skin' exhibition at Wellcome Trust, June 2010. Includes many detailed sequences from the exhibition. Smith also gives a brief history of Henry Wellcome, including the only filmed footage of Henry Wellcome itself, and chats to Medical Historian Ruth Richardson.

The culture show.

20 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm

Lorraine Clarke : nosce te ipsum : an exhibition exploring the link between magic, medicine and religion.

Medical humanities : a practical introduction / edited by Deborah Kirklin and Ruth Richardson.

'Trading assassins' and the licensing of anatomy / Ruth Richardson.

Geoff Watts speaks to people who have decided to leave their bodies to science for medical research. He then looks in general at the history of the use of bodies by scientists.

Medicine Now

Giving your body to science.

The second in a three-part series on anatomy inspired by the work of Prof. Gunther Von Hagen who dissects and preserves human corpses using a unique preservation technique. His work is currently on show in an exhibition called 'Body Worlds.' This episode begins with the scene of a present day autopsy, watched by medical students. Prof. Roy Porter discusses the early history of surgery and Prof. Harold Ellis shows how the removal of bladder stones would have been done in the 18th century. Dr. Ruth Richardson discusses the history of body snatching and Simon Hillson discusses the secret school of anatomy run by William Hewson in the late 18th century. The programme traces the history of body snatching through the cases of Burke, Hare and Knox and comes up to date with reference to events at Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool.

1 video cassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sound, color, PAL

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Medicine man : the forgotten museum of Henry Wellcome / edited by Ken Arnold and Danielle Olsen.

Death, dissection and the destitute / Ruth Richardson.

Front row : Medicine Man exhibition.

From body-snatching to burning: the victorian way of death.

The culture show.

Lorraine Clarke : nosce te ipsum : an exhibition exploring the link between magic, medicine and religion.

Medical humanities : a practical introduction / edited by Deborah Kirklin and Ruth Richardson.

'Trading assassins' and the licensing of anatomy / Ruth Richardson.

Giving your body to science.

The anatomists. Part 2, The body snatchers.

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Medicine man : the forgotten museum of Henry Wellcome / edited by Ken Arnold and Danielle Olsen.

Death, dissection and the destitute / Ruth Richardson.

Front row : Medicine Man exhibition.

From body-snatching to burning: the victorian way of death.

The culture show.

Lorraine Clarke : nosce te ipsum : an exhibition exploring the link between magic, medicine and religion.

Medical humanities : a practical introduction / edited by Deborah Kirklin and Ruth Richardson.

'Trading assassins' and the licensing of anatomy / Ruth Richardson.

Giving your body to science.

The anatomists. Part 2, The body snatchers.

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