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  • 'A beautiful, but seductive science' or 'strange and revolting work'? : medical student's experiences of dissection between 1830 and 1880 / Anna Morgan.

    • Morgan, Anna.
    Date
    2001
    • Student dissertations
  • The Tale of Raw Head and Bloody Bones / Jack Wolf.

    • Wolf, Jack, 1971-
    Date
    2013
    • Books
  • The cultural politics of anatomy in 19th-century America : death, dissection, and embodied social identity / Michael Sappol.

    • Sappol, Michael.
    Date
    1997
    • Books
  • Bones in the basement : postmortem racism in nineteenth-century medical training / edited by Robert L. Blakely and Judith M. Harrington ; with contributions by Mark R. Barnes [and others].

    • Blakely, Robert L.
    Date
    [1997], ©1997
    • Books
  • Fifteenth century miniatures of extramural dissection / E.C. Streeter ... and Charles Singer.

    • Streeter, Edward Clark, -1947.
    Date
    1924
    • Books
  • Death, dissection and the destitute / Ruth Richardson.

    • Richardson, Ruth.
    Date
    2001
    • Books
  • History of micro-dissection / by F.J. Cole.

    • Cole, F. J. (Francis Joseph), 1872-1959.
    Date
    1951
    • Books
  • Staging anatomies : dissection and spectacle in early Stuart tragedy / Hillary M. Nunn.

    • Nunn, Hillary M., 1968-
    Date
    [2005], ©2005
    • Books
  • Alcmaeon and the early history of dissection / by Geoffrey Lloyd.

    • Lloyd, Geoffrey.
    Date
    1975
    • Books
  • Human dissection : its drama and struggle.

    • Lassek, Arthur M. (Arthur Marvel), 1902-
    Date
    [1958]
    • Books
  • Algunos datos y consideraciónes relativos à la historia de la disección : trabajo presentado a la Quinta Asamblea Nacional de Cirujanos / por José Alcántara H.

    • Alcántara H., José.
    Date
    [s.d.]
    • Books
  • Theatrical dissections and dancing cadavers : Andreas Vesalius and sixteenth century popular culture / by Cynthia Klestinec.

    • Klestinec, Cynthia.
    Date
    2001
    • Books
  • Anatomical dissection in Enlightenment England and beyond : autopsy, pathology, and display / edited by Piers Mitchell.

    • Mitchell, Piers D.
    Date
    [2012], ©2012
    • Books
  • The anatomy theatre : history and restoration / edited by Camillo Semenzato.

    • Semenzato, Camillo.
    Date
    1995
    • Books
  • The Irish body snatchers : a history of body snatching in Ireland / by John Fleetwood.

    • Fleetwood, John F. (John Finlayson), 1917-
    Date
    1988
    • Books
  • The body divided : human beings and human 'material' in modern medical history / edited by Sarah Ferber and Sally Wilde.

    • Ferber, Sarah, 1957-
    Date
    2011
    • Books
    • Online
  • Dødens teater : lægekunsten i Danmark 1640-1840 / Klaus Larsen.

    • Larsen, Klaus, 1951-
    Date
    2012
    • Books
  • Die anatomische Sektion in bildlicher Darstellung / G. Wolf-Heidegger und Anna Maria Cetto.

    • Wolf-Heidegger, G. (Gerhard)
    Date
    1967
    • Books
  • Anatomy and address : creating medical gentlemen in eighteenth-century London / Susan C. Lawrence.

    • Lawrence, Susan C. (Susan Catherine), 1955-
    Date
    1995
    • Books
  • Murdering to dissect : grave-robbing, Frankenstein and the anatomy literature / Tim Marshall.

    • Marshall, Tim, 1951-
    Date
    [1995], ©1995
    • Books
  • For anatomical examination : supply of bodies for anatomy between 1920 and 1950 / by Victoria Walker.

    • Walker, Victoria.
    Date
    1995
    • Student dissertations
  • John Hunter and the 'museum oeconomy' 1750-1800 / Simon David John Chaplin.

    • Chaplin, Simon David John.
    Date
    2009
    • Books
    • Online
  • A traffic of dead bodies : anatomy and embodied social identity in nineteenth-century America / Michael Sappol.

    • Sappol, Michael.
    Date
    [2002], ©2002
    • Books
  • John Hunter and the 'museum oeconomy' 1750-1800 / Simon David John Chaplin.

    • Chaplin, Simon David John.
    Date
    2009
    • Books
  • Sensata veritas : l'affiorare dell'anatomia patologica, ancora innominata, in scritti di anatomisti del '500 / Giorgio Weber ; in appendice il Liber introductorius anatomiae(1536) di Nicolò Massa.

    • Weber, Giorgio.
    Date
    2006
    • Books
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