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Title: Use of the Dead to the Living
Note: Reading ease score: 45.5 (College-level). Difficult to read.
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Summary: "Use of the Dead to the Living" by Southwood Smith is a scientific publication written in the early 19th century. This work, derived from an article in the Westminster Review, addresses the ethical and educational necessity of using human cadavers for anatomical study in medical education. It highlights the importance of anatomical knowledge as foundational for effective medical and surgical practice. In this treatise, Smith argues that a comprehensive understanding of anatomy is crucial for diagnosing and treating diseases effectively. He provides a historical context of the prejudices against dissection, noting that many medical advancements were stunted due to societal fears surrounding mortality and bodily desecration. The text urges legislative change to facilitate the ethical acquisition of bodies for dissection, thereby enhancing the education of future physicians and ultimately improving public health outcomes. Smith effectively combines appeals to reason with detailed medical and historical analysis, advocating for both respect for the dead and the critical need to educate the living to minimize suffering and save lives. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Smith, Southwood, 1788-1861
EBook No.: 58460
Published: Dec 12, 2018
Downloads: 72
Language: English
Subject: Surgery
Subject: Mackenzie, William, 1791-1868. An appeal to the public and to the legislature, on the necessity of affording dead bodies to the schools of anatomy by legislative enactment
Subject: Dead bodies (Law)
Subject: Human anatomy -- Study and teaching
Subject: Medicine -- Study and teaching
LoCC: Science: Human anatomy
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Use of the Dead to the Living
Note: Reading ease score: 45.5 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Credits:
Produced by Chris Curnow, Martin Pettit and the Online
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(This
file was produced from images generously made available
by The Internet Archive)
Summary: "Use of the Dead to the Living" by Southwood Smith is a scientific publication written in the early 19th century. This work, derived from an article in the Westminster Review, addresses the ethical and educational necessity of using human cadavers for anatomical study in medical education. It highlights the importance of anatomical knowledge as foundational for effective medical and surgical practice. In this treatise, Smith argues that a comprehensive understanding of anatomy is crucial for diagnosing and treating diseases effectively. He provides a historical context of the prejudices against dissection, noting that many medical advancements were stunted due to societal fears surrounding mortality and bodily desecration. The text urges legislative change to facilitate the ethical acquisition of bodies for dissection, thereby enhancing the education of future physicians and ultimately improving public health outcomes. Smith effectively combines appeals to reason with detailed medical and historical analysis, advocating for both respect for the dead and the critical need to educate the living to minimize suffering and save lives. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Smith, Southwood, 1788-1861
EBook No.: 58460
Published: Dec 12, 2018
Downloads: 72
Language: English
Subject: Surgery
Subject: Mackenzie, William, 1791-1868. An appeal to the public and to the legislature, on the necessity of affording dead bodies to the schools of anatomy by legislative enactment
Subject: Dead bodies (Law)
Subject: Human anatomy -- Study and teaching
Subject: Medicine -- Study and teaching
LoCC: Science: Human anatomy
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.