The 1932 Anatomy Act | The Beauty of Anatomy
Adam Rutherford discusses the 1832 Anatomy Act, which decided that the bodies of people from work houses could be taken for dissection.
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Clip Info
- Clip length: 1'15''
- Broadcast year: 2014
Curriculum Connection
- History | Medicine in Britain, c1000-present | c1700-c1900: Medicine in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain | Approaches to prevention and treatment
Access
Licence: ERA Licence required
Usage
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
Content
- Provider: BBC
- Channel: BBC Four
- Programme: The Beauty of Anatomy
- Episode: Gray's Anatomy
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