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Missouri's Mad Doctor McDowell: Confederates, Cadavers and Macabre Medicine

Missouri's Mad Doctor McDowell: Confederates, Cadavers and Macabre Medicine - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Victoria Cosner, Lorelei ShannonPublish date:2015-10-12Pages:146
Language:EnglishPublisher:History Press Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540202963ISBN-10:1540202968UPC:9781540202963Book Category:History, True Crime, PhotographyBook Subcategory:United States, Murder, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:State & Local, RegionalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.8113Product ID:SCF2B1X6MY
Body snatcher. Grave robber. Mad scientist. Brilliant surgeon. Delve into the macabre world of St. Louis s Dr. Joseph Nash McDowell, a man so loathed by the public that he wore body armor and so idolized by his anatomy students that they dug up corpses for his experiments. This ghoulish doctor cast a pall over the city and left a host of fiendish mysteries. Did his mother s ghost actually help him escape an angry mob? Did he really hang the corpse of his daughter in Hannibal s Mark Twain Cave? What very real horrors remained in his medical college after loyal Unionists drove him out? Dissect a life surrounded by speculation and a legend littered with ghosts."
Language:EnglishPublisher:History Press Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540202963ISBN-10:1540202968UPC:9781540202963Book Category:History, True Crime, PhotographyBook Subcategory:United States, Murder, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:State & Local, RegionalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.8113Product ID:SCF2B1X6MY
Cosner, Victoria: - Victoria Cosner has been involved with museums and historic sites for over thirty years. She holds a master s degree in American studies, specializing in cemetery landscapes and is a member of the Association for Gravestone Studies. She currently works for Missouri State Parks and lives in the St. Louis area.

Lorelei Shannon has been Victoria s friend for thirty-five years and counting. They share a love of dark history and co-authored a book on the life of Madame Lalaurie.
Publisher: History Press Library Editions

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