Doctors, Dissection and Resurrection Men: Excavations in the 19th-century Burial Ground of the London Hospital, 2006 by Louise Fowler, Natasha Powers (Hardcover, 2012)
In 2006, archaeological excavations in the grounds of the Royal London Hospital uncovered the remains of a burial ground used primarily for deceased but unclaimed patients. The buried population included at least 259 people who died between c 1825 and 1841. These were mostly adult and male, and many, prior to the Anatomy Act of 1832, had been dissected or subjected to autopsy; this took place alongside the vivisection of animals, including exotic species. A wealth of primary documentation is combined with the archaeological evidence to reveal the day-to-day life of the hospital and the complex relationship between medical innovation and criminal activity in the early 19th century.
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Museum of London Archaeology
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9781907586132
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Louise Fowler, Natasha Powers
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Doctors, Dissection and Resurrection Men: Excavations in the 19th-century Burial Ground of the London Hospital, 2006