PART II_ PREAMBLE - Dissecting the Criminal Corpse - NCBI Bookshelf.pdf

Those convicted of homicide were hanged on the public gallows before being dissected under the Murder Act in Georgian England. Yet, from 1752, whether criminals actually died on the hanging tree or in the dissection room remained a medical mystery in early modern society. Dissecting the Criminal Cor...

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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-297652021-11-12T15:58:14Z Chapter PART II: PREAMBLE T. Hurren, Elizabeth georgian england convicts murderers homicide early modern england murder act crime studies bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJD European history::HBJD1 British & Irish history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBT History: specific events & topics::HBTB Social & cultural history bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science Those convicted of homicide were hanged on the public gallows before being dissected under the Murder Act in Georgian England. Yet, from 1752, whether criminals actually died on the hanging tree or in the dissection room remained a medical mystery in early modern society. Dissecting the Criminal Corpse takes issue with the historical cliché of corpses dangling from the hangman’s rope in crime studies. Some convicted murderers did survive execution in early modern England. Establishing medical death in the heart-lungs-brain was a physical enigma. Criminals had large bull-necks, strong willpowers, and hearty survival instincts. Extreme hypothermia often disguised coma in a prisoner hanged in the winter cold. The youngest and fittest were capable of reviving on the dissection table. Many died under the lancet. Capital legislation disguised a complex medical choreography that surgeons staged. They broke the Hippocratic Oath by executing the Dangerous Dead across England from 1752 until 1832. 2020-03-18 13:36:15 2020-04-01T12:38:14Z 2016-09-27 23:55 2020-03-18 13:36:15 2020-04-01T12:38:14Z 2020-04-01T12:38:14Z 2016 chapter 1000183 OCN: 1076789761 9781137582485 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/29765 eng Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife application/pdf n/a PART II_ PREAMBLE - Dissecting the Criminal Corpse - NCBI Bookshelf.pdf Springer Nature Dissecting the Criminal Corpse Palgrave Macmillan 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 9874a38b-92e3-4229-a269-5a029787ead2 d859fbd3-d884-4090-a0ec-baf821c9abfd 9781137582485 Wellcome Palgrave Macmillan 326 Basingstoke 1 095904 Wellcome Trust Wellcome open access
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description Those convicted of homicide were hanged on the public gallows before being dissected under the Murder Act in Georgian England. Yet, from 1752, whether criminals actually died on the hanging tree or in the dissection room remained a medical mystery in early modern society. Dissecting the Criminal Corpse takes issue with the historical cliché of corpses dangling from the hangman’s rope in crime studies. Some convicted murderers did survive execution in early modern England. Establishing medical death in the heart-lungs-brain was a physical enigma. Criminals had large bull-necks, strong willpowers, and hearty survival instincts. Extreme hypothermia often disguised coma in a prisoner hanged in the winter cold. The youngest and fittest were capable of reviving on the dissection table. Many died under the lancet. Capital legislation disguised a complex medical choreography that surgeons staged. They broke the Hippocratic Oath by executing the Dangerous Dead across England from 1752 until 1832.
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