Bones in the basement : postmortem racism in nineteenth-century medical training / edited by Robert L. Blakely and Judith M. Harrington ; with contributions by Mark R. Barnes ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Blakely, Robert L.

Harrington, Judith M.

Barnes, Mark R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical College of Georgia (1833-1873).

Human dissection--Georgia--History--19th century.

Human dissection.

Body snatching--Georgia.

Body snatching.

Paleopathology--Georgia.

Paleopathology.

African Americans--Georgia--History--19th century.

African Americans.

History.

Georgia.

Physical Description:

xix, 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington [D.C.] : Smithsonian Institution Press, [1997]

Summary:

For teaching purposes In 19th-century American medical schools, anatomy professors and students were forced to obtain cadavers in secret. In 1989, a cache of some 9800 dissected and amputated human bones--the majority African American--was found in the basement of the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. This book reveals a startling legacy of postmortem racism. 29 illustrations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1560987502

OCLC:

36138861