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Medical specimens and the erasure of racial violence: the case of Harriet Cole

This article analyses the complex narrative of Harriet Cole, a 36-year-old African-American woman whose body was delivered to the anatomy department of Hahnemann Medical School in 1888. The anatomist Rufus B Weaver used her preserved remains to create a singular anatomical specimen, an intact extrac...

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Autores principales: Lawrence, Susan C, Lederer, Susan E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10511999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36931722
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2022-012514