Without and Within: Victorian Mourning and Treatment of the DeadMain MenuFleeing Death: Victorian Paranoia Concerning Public HealthFirst SectionDying Well and Loved: At the Moment of Death and MourningSecond SectionWearing and Burying Death: Fashion, Mourning, and Public Displays of DeathThird SectionUp and Down the Stair with Burke and Hare: Body-SnatchingFourth SectionWeird Science: Anatomical Use of the DeadFifth SectionWorks Cited/Full-Texts/Further ReadingsKyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4
12016-11-27T10:22:55+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4Clips from Fashion Adverts6plain2016-12-13T15:42:47+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4
12016-12-11T19:23:13+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4Burke and Hare Cartoon3plain2016-12-11T19:24:00+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4
12016-12-11T19:27:16+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4Dr. Knox Cartoon3Burke and Hare were not the only ones demonized (though the only ones facing death for their crimes). Here we see a satirical cartoon showing Dr. Knox being cut down by a monster.plain2016-12-13T13:16:06+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4
12016-11-26T14:59:18+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4Drawing of Little Nell2plain2016-11-26T14:59:26+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4
12016-12-11T19:44:04+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4Corn Plaster2A man wearing a 'german corn plaster', which has caused his leg to shrink. Coloured reproduction of an etching. Iconographic Collectionsplain2016-12-11T19:46:50+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4
12016-12-11T19:49:56+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4Electric Belt from Sears1FOR NERVOUS DISEASES of all kinds in men and women, to reach the nerve centers for the cure of all nervous disorders the Heidelberg Electric Belt stands alone. For weakness in men and women, personal exhaustion bringing back lost strength and power, over brain work, vital , impotency, rheumatism, sciatica, lame back, railroad back, insomnia, melancholia, kidney disorder, Bright's disease, dyspepsia, disorders of the liver, female weakness, poor circulation, weak heart action and almost every known disease and weakness. The constant soothing alternating electric current is ever at worktouching the weak spots, building up the system, stimulating the circulation. ALL THAT ELECTRICITY WILL DO FOR YOU WILL BE RECEIVED through the use of our electric belt.plain2016-12-11T19:49:56+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4
12016-12-12T09:09:13+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4Mudlarks1Mudlarks of Victorian London in the River Thames, from "The Headington Magazine" 1871plain2016-12-12T09:09:13+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4
12016-12-12T09:14:24+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4First London Drinking Fountain1First London Drinking fountain, adjoining St. Sepulchre's Church, Snow Hill. 1858plain2016-12-12T09:14:24+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4
12016-12-12T09:30:03+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4William Hare Sketch1Portrait of William Hare, taken in courtplain2016-12-12T09:30:03+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4
12016-11-26T15:02:05+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4Victorian Children illness1plain2016-11-26T15:02:05+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4
12016-12-12T09:31:21+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4Burke Sketch1Portrait of William Burke, from a sketch taken in Courtplain2016-12-12T09:31:21+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4
12016-12-12T09:43:55+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4Execution of William Burke1Execution of William Burke who murdered the poor, lost and lame of Edinburgh and then supplied their bodies to anatomists for dissection.plain2016-12-12T09:43:55+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4
12016-12-11T19:39:35+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4Victoria Cartoon1Queen Victoria in mourning for Albert, her subjects outraged at her neglect of duties. Wood engraving, c. 1861.plain2016-12-11T19:39:35+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4
12016-12-11T19:47:37+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4Pill Man1A ridiculous figure comprising of medicine bottles and tablets dances behind a pensive Lloyd George; representing attitudes to the introduction of the National Insurance Act of 1911. Wood engraving by B. Partridge, 1912.plain2016-12-11T19:47:37+00:00Kyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4
