Possessing the Dead: The Artful Science of Anatomy

Author(s): Helen Patricia MacDonald

Non-Fiction

London, 1868: visiting Australian Aboriginal cricketer Charles Rose has died in Guy's Hospital. His body did not go directly to a grave. Possessing the Dead explores the disturbing history of the cadaver trade in Scotland, England and Australia, where laws once gave certain officials possession of the dead, and brings to life this gruesome past.

General Information

  • : 9780522857351
  • : Melbourne University Press
  • : Melbourne University Press
  • : 0.406
  • : 31 May 2010
  • : 235mm X 153mm X 22mm
  • : Australia
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Helen Patricia MacDonald
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : 393.09034
  • : 304
  • : Illustrations
  • : Illustrations

More About The Product

Helen MacDonald is the author of the critically acclaimed Human Remains.