Executing Magic in the Modern Era: Criminal Bodies and the Gallows in Popular Medicine
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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license This book explores the magical and medical history of executions from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century by looking at the afterlife potency of criminal corpses, the healing activities of the executioner, and the magic of the gallows site. The use of corpses in medicine and magic has been recorded back into antiquity. The lacerated bodies of Roman gladiators were used as a source...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:3319595180
ISBN13:9783319595184
Release Date:July 2017
Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan
Length:118 Pages
Weight:0.67 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"
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