Project Gutenberg 2018-12-12 Public domain in the USA. 133 Smith, Southwood 1788 1861 Smith, T. S. (Thomas Southwood) Smith, S. (Southwood) Smith, Thomas Southwood Southwood-Smith, Thomas Use of the Dead to the Living Produced by Chris Curnow, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Use of the Dead to the Living" by Southwood Smith is a scientific publication written in the early 19th century. This work, derived from an article in the Westminster Review, addresses the ethical and educational necessity of using human cadavers for anatomical study in medical education. It highlights the importance of anatomical knowledge as foundational for effective medical and surgical practice. In this treatise, Smith argues that a comprehensive understanding of anatomy is crucial for diagnosing and treating diseases effectively. He provides a historical context of the prejudices against dissection, noting that many medical advancements were stunted due to societal fears surrounding mortality and bodily desecration. The text urges legislative change to facilitate the ethical acquisition of bodies for dissection, thereby enhancing the education of future physicians and ultimately improving public health outcomes. Smith effectively combines appeals to reason with detailed medical and historical analysis, advocating for both respect for the dead and the critical need to educate the living to minimize suffering and save lives. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 45.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Surgery Mackenzie, William, 1791-1868. An appeal to the public and to the legislature, on the necessity of affording dead bodies to the schools of anatomy by legislative enactment Dead bodies (Law) Human anatomy -- Study and teaching Medicine -- Study and teaching QM Text Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Science - Biology Category: Health & Medicine Category: Philosophy & Ethics 137068 2025-07-23T09:11:09.429864 text/html 134133 2018-12-12T09:25:42 text/html 81397 2025-07-23T09:11:11.510847 application/epub+zip 81664 2025-07-23T09:11:09.818863 application/epub+zip 79799 2025-07-23T09:11:09.623865 application/epub+zip 123727 2025-07-23T09:11:13.085883 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 111228 2025-07-23T09:11:11.314853 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 109719 2022-09-26T13:55:21.798662 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 127252 2025-07-23T09:11:09.208898 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 127525 2018-12-12T09:25:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20209 2025-07-23T09:11:13.260836 application/rdf+xml 6047 2025-07-23T09:11:09.685852 image/jpeg 1574 2025-07-23T09:11:09.656844 image/jpeg 46465 2018-12-12T09:25:46 application/octet-stream application/zip 68556 2018-12-12T09:25:46 application/octet-stream application/zip 69893 2025-07-23T09:11:09.454867 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia