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

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 /

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This text situates the story of Burke and Hare against the social and cultural forces that were bringing early 19th-century Britain into modernity. Each of the murder victims provides a window on a different aspect of this world in transition.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Rosner, Lisa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010
Series:EBL-Schweitzer
Subjects:
Hare, William, > 1792?-1870?
Burke, William, > 1792-1829.
Murder > Scotland > Edinburgh > History > 19th century.
Murder > Scotland > Edinburgh > Case studies.
Dissection > history
Grave Robbing > history
History, 19th Century
Homicide > history
Edinburgh (Scotland) > History.
Scotland
Case Reports
Case studies.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of 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.

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