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Corpses in Belgian Anatomy, 1860–1914Conclusion

Corpses in Belgian Anatomy, 1860–1914: Conclusion [In the conclusion, Claes returns to her main point, namely that anatomists began to treat the body as a subject rather than an object. Carefully comparing her own research on Belgium with other national and regional cases, she argues that the decades around 1900 were a pivotal moment in the history of anatomy. Cultural, religious and personal sensibilities began to affect the treatment of the corpse in anatomy from acquisition to disposal: anatomical donation gradually replaced the involuntary dissection of the poor, the inviolability of the corpse became more important during autopsies and anatomical remains no longer received an anonymous inhumation, but an individual grave.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
ISBN
978-3-030-20114-2
Pages
277 –288
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-20115-9_6
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Abstract

[In the conclusion, Claes returns to her main point, namely that anatomists began to treat the body as a subject rather than an object. Carefully comparing her own research on Belgium with other national and regional cases, she argues that the decades around 1900 were a pivotal moment in the history of anatomy. Cultural, religious and personal sensibilities began to affect the treatment of the corpse in anatomy from acquisition to disposal: anatomical donation gradually replaced the involuntary dissection of the poor, the inviolability of the corpse became more important during autopsies and anatomical remains no longer received an anonymous inhumation, but an individual grave.]

Published: Nov 21, 2019

Keywords: Anatomy; Corpse; Objectification; Culture of death; Medical ethics

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