Title:	The Bioarchaeology of Dissection and Autopsy in the United States
Authors:	Kenneth C., Nystrom Debra L. Martin
Keywords:	Bioarchaeology and Social Theory
Issue Date:	2017
Publisher:	Springer
Description:	This volume is extraordinary in that the chapters are focused on historical moments when medical schools and the medical profession began obtaining and using cadavers for dissection and conducting autopsies in the United States in the 1800s. What makes this body of work unique is that the interpretations and understandings are gained through the lens of modern bioarchaeological (and forensic) data derived from the analysis of skeletonized remains from those who were autopsied or dissected in these early years. From historical documents, we know when various policies, rules, and regulations began being established in different states for their medical schools and facilities, but only the analysis of the skeletal remains provides what historical documents never can and that is the lived experiences and circumstances of those whose bodies ended up being used as teaching materials (dissection) and resources to learn about disease processes (autopsy)
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/14005
ISBN:	978-3-319-26836-1
Appears in Collections:	Archeology and Heritage Management

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