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300 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781873644256
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd.
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In nineteenth-century Scotland, two Irish laborers devised a scheme -- sell unclaimed corpses to the Edinburgh medical community. Their chief buyer was Dr. Robert Knox, whose personal ambition created a voracious need for more human corpses. Howev...
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300 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781873644256
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd.
Publication date: Not specified
Description
In nineteenth-century Scotland, two Irish laborers devised a scheme -- sell unclaimed corpses to the Edinburgh medical community. Their chief buyer was Dr. Robert Knox, whose personal ambition created a voracious need for more human corpses. Howev...