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
Published in 1900 by John Caven, this is a rather large textbook describing the care and procedure a physician should use when preparing and examining the recently deceased. Particularly close attention is paid to the presentation of the body to hide as many surgical interventions as possible as the surgeon is concentrated on respecting the corpse. Like Simonet's painting, the dead is to be respected for their sacrifice, their addition to the the collective knowledge of the state.