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Description and Holding Information
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House. Select Comm. on Legalization of the Study of Anatomy. Report, 1831
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SEE ALSO 52188 House No. 4 Report of the Select Committee of the House of Representatives on so much of the Governor's speech at the June session,
1830 as relates to legalizing the study of anatomy reported by a Select Committee [5 men] Boston : Dutton & Wentworth, printer to the state, 1831.
On January 6, 1831 the Committee presented its report. The health and safety of the community was sometimes hampered by the reverence felt for the
dead. The Committee considered 6 things: 1)Rise of anatomical science 2) how anatomical study helps medicine 3) Interest in modifying the present law
4) Present law 5) Foreign laws on anatomical study 6) Conclusions. "Science rests on observation" led into a 19 page history of the study of anatomy,
followed by pages 25-43 on how surgeons learned and worked, pages 44-58 on dissection and how the dead have been treated over the years, pages 58-68
discussed the current law and how it hindered anatomical study, pages 68-71 discussed foreign laws and practice, pages 71-72 presented the Committee's
conclusions, and pages 72-82 contained the bill. An Act more effectually to protect the sepulchres of the dead and to legalize the study of anatomy
in certain cases, 1831. If a person, unauthorized by any of a list of seven agencies, dug up a human body, it was a felony, punishable by jail time
and a $2,000 fine. Any of the listed agencies could release a body that would have been buried at public expense and had not been claimed by 24 hours
after death, to a licensed physician, or preferably, a medical school. Once the body was no longer of use for instruction, the physician or school was
to give the body a decent burial. The bill was followed by 33 pages of documents relevant to the Committee's deliberations, including 19 letters
from physicians extolling the value and necessity of anatomical study. (Digitized from a microfilm copy of title originally held by the Massachusetts
State Library).
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Title:
Report of the Select Committee of the House of Representatives on so much of the governor's speech, at the June session, 1830, as relates to legalizing the study of anatomy / reported by a select committee consisting of J.B. Davis of Boston, G. Willard of Uxbridge, A. Hutchinson of Pepperell, L.W. Humphreys of Southwick, J.B. of Boston.
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OCLC Number:
722193062
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