Hutton looks at Manchester and Oxford to provide a comparative history of anatomical study. Using the Anatomy Act as a focal point, she examines how these two cities dealt with the need for bodies over two centuries.
Introduction; Chapter 1 Medical Education in Oxford and Manchester Before the 1832 Anatomy Act; Chapter 2 Dissection in Oxford and Manchester: Supply and Demand Before 1832; Chapter 3 The Anatomy Act and the Poor; Chapter 4 The Working of the Anatomy Act in Oxford and Manchester; Chapter 5 Medical Education in Oxford and Manchester after the Anatomy Act; Chapter 6 Some Contemporary Parallels; conclusion Conclusion;
'a welcome addition to the literature of human dissection in England ... based on excellent research, and provides an admirable analysis of corpse procurement and the place of anatomy in medical education.' Social History of Medicine
