Human Remains

Human Remains

Medicine, Death, and Desire in Nineteenth-century Paris

by Jonathan Strauss

413 pages· ISBN 9780823233793
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The living and the dead cohabited Paris until the late 18th century, when, in the name of public health, measures were taken to drive the latter from the city. Cemeteries were removed from urban space, and corpses started to be viewed as terrifyingly noxious substances. Working across a broad range of disciplines this book seeks to understand the meaning of the dead and their role in creating one of the most important cities of the contemporary world.

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