Executing Magic in the Modern Era : Criminal Bodies and the Gallows in Popular Medicine.
Material type: TextSeries: Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and Its Afterlife SeriesPublisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2017Copyright date: �2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (122 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783319595191Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Executing Magic in the Modern EraDDC classification: 393 LOC classification: HNOnline resources: Click to ViewIntro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Abstract -- Public Execution and Post-mortem Punishment -- The Executioner -- Criminal Bodies -- Abstract -- The Witch -- The Witch's Blood as a Cure -- Corpses, Evidence and Feelings -- The Corpse Gives Life -- Abstract -- The Criminal Corpse in Pieces -- The Fresh Body -- The Places and Tools of Execution -- Abstract -- Providential Gallows -- The Gallows Mandrake -- The Last of the Executioners' Perquisites -- Money for Old Rope -- Memento or Talisman? An American Perspective -- Lingering Influences -- Abstract -- Hangman's Day -- Ghosts of Executed Criminals -- Suicide Ghosts -- Sanctifying the Executed Spirit -- Spiritualists Reach Out -- Index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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