The foetus in the museum: personhood, pregnancy, and anatomical preparations, 1880–1900.
In the late 19 century, the legal status of the anatomical specimen was only slowly evolving into its modern form. Not yet regulated by legislation, specimens were subject to rampant commodification and were exhibited, collected, bought, and sold, internationally as well as locally. This article con...
| Publicado en: | Mortality Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 231 - 252 |
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