Pratiques médicales, pratiques sociales autour du corps embaumé dans l’Espagne du xixe siècle

As everywhere in western Europe, embalming developed in Spain in the 19th century in connection with new injection techniques that made it possible to preserve bodies indefinitely. The article examines the impact of the development of embalming: on burial practices but also on the economy, with the...

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Main Author: Isabelle Renaudet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses universitaires du Midi 2021-01-01
Series:Histoire, Médecine et Santé
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/hms/2456