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Bones in the Basement : Postmortem Racism in Nineteenth-Century Medical Training by Judith M. Harrington (1997, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSmithsonian Books
ISBN-101560987502
ISBN-139781560987505
eBay Product ID (ePID)596720
Product Key Features
Number of Pages464 Pages
Publication NameBones in the Basement : Postmortem Racism in Nineteenth-Century Medical Training
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1997
SubjectForensic Medicine, Education & Training, Paleontology, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
TypeTextbook
AuthorJudith M. Harrington
Subject AreaSocial Science, Science, Medical
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight26.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN96-053982
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal610/.9758/09034
SynopsisFor 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., In 1989, a cache of some 9800 dissected and amputated human bones - more than 75 percent of them African American - was found in the earthen basement floor of the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. To re-create the social context and medical practices that led to the bones' clandestine disposal before 1910, Robert L. Blakely and Judith M. Harrington assembled a team of archaeologists, forensic anthropologists, historians, experimental anatomists, and ethnographers. Together they argue that the procurement of cadavers by American medical schools was part of a racist system that viewed African Americans as expendable not only in life but also after death. Contributors show that notions of a separate "Negro medicine" did not prevent professors from using African American bodies to teach their students how to treat white patients. Other essays shed light on the importance of surgical training at a time when amputation was a primary means of treatment. Still others examine the bony evidence of diet and disease in a nineteenth-century urban black population. Taking a broad approach to the study of a single, well-preserved site, Bones in the Basement presents the work of both African American and Euro-American researchers and includes interviews with residents of Augusta today.
LC Classification NumberR747.M477B66 1997
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