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Medical Officers, Bodies, Gender and Weight Fluctuation in Irish Convict Prisons, 1877–95

This article focuses on the function of the convict prison infirmary and views it as a site of arbitration, resistance and ‘contested power’. In accordance with the rules and regulations periods of incarceration in convict prisons began and ended with an obligatory medical examination. While the pri...

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Autor principal: Breathnach, Ciara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3866701/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24331215
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/mdh.2013.72