Bodies of evidence : medicine and the politics of the English inquest, 1830-1926 / Ian A. Burney
2000, 1st edition. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #385294
ISBN: 080186240X
Physical description; x, 245 pp., 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pp. 173-236) and index. Contents; 1. The Genealogy of the Popular Inquest -- 2. Registers of Death: Inquests and the Regime of Vital Statistics -- 3. From the Alehouse to the Courthouse: Bodies and the Recasting of Inquest Practice -- 4. Telling Tales of the Dead: Inquests, Expertise, and the Postmortem Question -- 5. Fatal Exposures: Anesthetic Death and the Limits of Public Inquiry. Subjects; Medical laws, legislation and jurisprudence Great Britain History 19th century. Cause of Death. Coroners. Medical Humanities.
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