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Note: page numbers in italic refer to illustrations and tables.

Note: ‘n.’ after a page reference indicates the number of a note on that page.

abortions see under women
Abraham, Thomas 114
ageing see under human bodies
Alison, S. Scott 225
anatomical studies and dissection 104–7, 108, 109–10, 110, 114
Anatomy Act (1832) 100
Anderson, Ann 69
archaeology
approach to human bodies 24
contrasted with history 23
documentary evidence 2, 8–9, 12, 13, 15
human remains see bioarchaeology
archives 27–9
Ariès, Philippe 92
arsenic, as abortifacient 69
Attala, Luci 3, 7
Austin, Richard 126n.43
Austin, W. 121
Avon Archaeology Ltd. 172
 
baby-farming see under children
Barber-Surgeons’ Company 104, 106–7, 110, 110–11
Barker, Samuel 30
Barton-upon-Humber 135
pipes 141, 143
St Peter's Church burials 135, 146, 147, 150, 152, 159
Beacham, Elizabeth 108
Beemster 147
Bell, Sir Charles 86
Bellers, John 107
Billings, E. R. 158, 161
bioarchaeology (osteoarchaeology) 4–5, 6, 9, 22, 23, 25, 54, 194
biography 9, 12, 15, 26, 28
Birmingham
St Martin’s-in-the-Bull-Ring burials 66, 72n.1, 184
Blacktin, Rebecca 29
Blake, William 189
Blow, D. 92
bodies see human bodies
bodysnatching 13, 100–27, 121
causing disease and death 127n.44
pervasive by mid-1720s 119
preventive measures 102–4, 103
punishment for 114–15, 116
women and children preferred 126n.39
Borić, Dušan 7
Boswell, James 91
Bowen, Joseph 101, 113, 114
Brathwaite (Braithwaite), Thomas 113–14, 115, 117–18, 122
Bristol 172
Bristol Royal Infirmary 184–5
pipes 141, 143
St Augustine the Less 172
St George's Cemetery 171, 172–3, 176
sex ratios 36
Tiger's Head Beer-house 186
Buffalo (NY), Eerie County Poorhouse 224
bunions (hallux valgus) 95
burials
burial clubs 56
burial insurance 64
cost of 61–3, 64, 66
infant 47–8, 50, 55, 61–6, 71
pauper 108
reuse of plots 63
unsanctified burial grounds 47–8, 63
unwanted infants 70
Byrnes, Jennifer F. 224
 
Cambridge, bodysnatching 119–20
Canning, Kathleen 9
care 56, 60, 61, 71, 207, 209, 220, 227
cemeteries 65, 136
Chatham, pipes 143
Cheselden, William 109–10, 110, 111, 113, 119, 120, 122
Chester, pipes 141
childbirth see under women
Childers, William 113, 127n.44
children
and baby-farming 56, 67
and bodysnatching 126n.39
childhood 92
child labour 223, 226
infant burials 47–8, 50, 55, 61–6, 71
infanticide 56, 66, 67, 68
infant mortality 48, 52, 56–61, 58
perinatal mortality 55
and shoes 92–3, 93
and smoking 157
stillborn 64–6, 73n.7
unwanted 68
and vitamin D deficiency 211
cigars 138, 160
Clever, Iris 7
Clues, Mary 139
coalmining 223, 224–5, 226
coffins 39–40, 62–3
anti-bodysnatching measures 104
box coffins 62
coffin plates 28, 30, 39, 73n.3
Cole, Hubert 101
Colston, Edward 186
Coltheart, Peter 119
Connor, Bernard 104, 106
consumption see tuberculosis
Cooke, Richard 126n.33
Cooper, Benjamin 190
Cooper, Elizabeth see Cumberland, Elizabeth
Cooper, Sir Astley 216, 227
Cooper, Samuel 95
Cope, Sir Zachary 111
Corporation of Corpse-stealers 100, 102, 108, 122
cotton, socks 88
Coventry 136, 155
Holy Trinity Church burials 136, 147, 150, 154, 154, 159
pipes 143–4, 147, 160
silk ribbon trade 136, 161
Cox, Margaret 191, 196
cribra orbitalia 177, 180
Crossland, Zoe 5
Cruikshank, George 139
cultural turn 2
Cumberland, Elizabeth 14, 15, 188–9, 190–2, 193, 196
Cumberland, George 14, 15, 174, 187, 188, 189–90, 191–4, 196
 
Darnall's Chance House 27–8
Darwen 66
Davey, Peter 141
Davies, Peter 158
Demello, Margo 93
Dickinson, William 114
diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) 192–3, 195
disability see under human bodies
dissection see anatomical studies and dissection
Dod, William 115, 116
Dodd, William 222–3
Douglas, James 106, 118, 126n.40
Douglas, John 118, 127n.44
Dublin, bodysnatching 123n.4
Duden, Barbara 83
Durlacher, Lewis 83, 90, 91
 
Edinburgh, bodysnatching 119
Ellenborough, Lord 69
Ellis, Richard 123n.2
embodiment 9, 23, 25
Engels, Friedrich 29, 225, 227
Evans, Jane 174
experience 24–5
 
Factory Act (1833) 226
Fairhurst, Alison 88
Faust, Bernhard 90, 92
Ferne, James 111, 115
fetuses see children, infant burials
Fiquel, Hosea 125n.23
Fleming, Robin 26
foundling hospitals 68
Fredengren, Christina 8
Furneaux, Christopher 118, 120
 
Gambol, George 115
Gaskell, Peter 223
Gay, John 81, 91
Geber, Jonny 147, 161
Gloucester, St Oswald's burials 63–4
Goodman, Jordan 138
gout 193, 196
Gowing, Laura 69
Gowland, Rebecca 27, 205, 207
gravediggers 101, 111, 112
Grecian, Catherine 69
Green, Sarah 15, 134, 154–6, 154, 157, 158
Greene, Robert 123n.2
Greenhill, Thomas 109
Gregory, James 90
Griffiths 112
Guttmacher, Alan 101
 
Hall, J. Sparkes 94
hallux valgus see bunions
Hamann-Todd collection 178
handmaiden problem 52
Hartnett, Alexandra 141
Harvey, Karen 6, 92
Haswell Colliery 224
Hauksbee, Francis 119
Hawkins, Sir Caesar 120
Hearne, Thomas 107–8, 111, 113, 115, 119
Hemsley, Catherine 68
Henderson, Michael 146, 161, 162
Hicks, Dan 3, 24
Higgins, David 143
Hilton, Matthew 138
history
contrasted with archaeology 23
and experience 24–5
Holbeach 107
Holmes, John 112
Holmes, Michael 112
Hosek, Lauren 9
HS2 136
Hughes, Jason 137
Hull
pipes 141, 143
sex ratios 36
human bodies 4–6, 7–8
and age determination 196
and ageing 14, 188, 191–3, 195, 206, 208, 218–19, 221–3, 227, 228
and archaeology 24
and childbirth 191
and disability 206–8, 209–13, 210, 222–8
and dissection 106–7, 108, 109–10, 110, 114, 122n.2
and DNA 9, 73n.3
and embodied experiences 1, 4–10, 54
feet 86, 88, 89, 95
fractures 183, 184–6, 185, 195, 213, 215–16, 218, 220, 224, 227
and gender see men; women
and humours 82–3, 88, 89
and identity 26–7
and industrialisation 12, 57, 207, 211, 222–5, 226, 228–9
and malnutrition 177, 180, 218
and manual labour 215, 222, 224–6
as material culture 24
and materiality 8
musculoskeletal stress markers 186, 195
and osteobiography 9, 25–6
and shoe wearing 84–96
shoulder dislocation 213–15, 214
and social status and social identity 39
sweat marks on clothing 88
and tobacco use 144–52, 145, 146, 147, 148, 150–1, 153, 154, 162
tuberculosis, impact of 174–5, 177–9, 178, 179, 181–2, 194–5
and urbanisation 211
Hunter, John 120
Hunter, William 120, 121
Hyde Park Barracks prison (Australia) 158
 
infanticide see under children
infant mortality see under children
Ingold, Tim 3
Ion, Alexandra 8
ironworking 223
Irving, Jane Ann 69
 
Jedburgh Abbey 64
Joyce, Patrick 3, 4
 
Keighley 223
Kelley, Marc A. 191
Kelson, Mark 183–7, 185, 187, 192, 195, 196
Kersey, John 102, 108–9, 111, 113–14, 115, 122
Kienböck's disease 215, 224
Kilkenny Union Workhouse 147, 161
kyphoscoliosis 209, 210, 211, 212
 
Laidlaw, Mrs 70
Lancercost Priory 63
Laqueur, Thomas 82
Latimer, John 183
Lavater, D. 111
leather, shoes 85, 86–8, 87, 91, 93, 93
Lee, Lettice 27
Lee, Richard 117
Lee, William 30
Lewis 34
Lincoln, pipes 143
London 105, 135–6
anatomical studies and dissection 104–6, 119, 120
body size among population 57, 73n.8
bodysnatching 100–1, 108, 112, 114, 115–19, 120, 121–2
Chelsea Old Church burials 72n.1
Christ Church Spitalfields crypt burials 171, 191, 196
foundling hospital 68
New Churchyard 101, 102–4, 103, 112, 113, 121–2
pipes 141, 142–3, 147, 161
Quaker ground, Whitechapel 112
St Bartholomew's hospital 101, 102, 104, 113, 114
St Bride's Church vaults 212
St Dunstan churchyard, Stepney 123n.4
St James's Chapel coffins, Hampstead 122n.1
St James's Gardens, Euston 136, 142, 151, 152, 153, 159, 162
St Mary and St Michael cemetery 146–7, 161, 162
St Saviour's burials, Southwark 115–16, 117
St Thomas's hospital 104, 108–9, 111, 112, 115, 116–17, 122
and smoking 159
Louis-Courvoisier, Micheline 10
Lovell, Nancy C. 183
 
McNeil, Peter 83, 91
McShane, Angela 138, 139, 163
McVey, William 179–80
Madelung's deformity 215
Manchester 227
spinning mills 226
Mant, Madeleine 27, 35
Marsh, John 126n.33
materiality 3–4, 7
material turn 2–3, 6, 24
Mead, Richard 115
men
and accidents 35, 224
bodily ideal 92
as breadwinners 226
corrupted by luxury 96
and crime 34
and posture 90
sex ratios in port towns 36
and shoes 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 91, 91, 92, 96
and smoking 134, 137, 138, 149, 150–1, 152, 159, 163
and urban walking 91–2
and violence 34, 35, 224
Meredith, George William 190
Merleau-Ponty, Maurice 8
Methodism 30–1
midwives 60, 65, 66, 67, 69
Milburn, Ann 69
Miles, Adrian 142
Molleson, Theya 191, 196
Monro, Alexander 117, 119, 127n.44
Moreland, John 23
Morgan, Hester 127n.44
Murder Act (1752) 100
Murphy, Eileen 147, 161
Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) 101
 
Newcastle
abortions 69–70
midwifery 60
Trinity House 39
new materialism 3–4
New Poor Law see Poor Law
newspapers 55–6
New York City, burials 70
Nicholls, Frank 120
Nisbet, William 87, 89
Norton Priory 141
Nottingham, pipes 143
Nourse, Edward 120
Novak, Shannon 9
 
Oastler, Richard 223
O’Donnabhain, Barra 147, 161
osteoarchaeology see bioarchaeology
osteoarthritis 192, 209, 215, 217, 218, 219
osteobiography see under human bodies
osteoporosis 218
Oxford
anatomical studies and dissection 107, 120
bodysnatching 107–8, 111
 
Pearce, Jacqui 142
Pearson, Mr 68
Perry, Megan 27
Perth, bodysnatching 119
Pett, Grace 139
phenomenology 8
Pilloud, Séverine 10
pilots (ships’) 37
pipes (tobacco) 133, 137, 138–9, 140, 141–4, 156, 158, 159–62, 164
pipe-notches in teeth 144, 145, 147–8, 148, 149, 150–1, 152, 153, 159–62
Poor Law 39, 61
Bastardy Clause 61, 67, 72
Portsmouth 36
Pott's disease 175
praxiography 7, 10
Price, Rhys Uvedale 181
Price, Thomas Charles 182
Price, Thomas Rokeby 174, 177, 181–2, 194, 196
Prince, Jane 29
Purvis, Andrew 36
Purvis, Ann 14, 15, 22, 35–40, 38
Purvis, John 36
Purvis, John Skipsey 36
Purvis, Mary 36
Purvis, Thomasine 36
Purvis, William 36, 37, 38
 
Randal, Phoebe 139
Randell, John 94
Registrar-General's office 56
Resurrectionists 100
Richardson, Ruth 100
rickets 57, 211
Rideout, Simon 109
Ridley, Latimer 125n.29
Riello, Giorgio 83, 91
Ritchie, S. 142
Robb, John 7, 9, 25
Roberts, Charlotte A. 182
Robinson, Robert 30
Roe, Charles and Thomas 186
Rolfe, George 104, 106, 119
Roper, Lyndal 8, 9
Rowlandson, Thomas 139, 140
Rowley, Anthony R. 138
Royal College of Physicians 106
Ruberg, Willemijn 7
Rublack, Ulinka 7, 8, 82
Rutherford, Julienne 52
Rutty, William 126n.40
 
St Andre, Nathaniel 118, 119
Santos, Ana Luisa 182
scoliosis see kyphoscoliosis
scurvy 57
Secker, Thomas 125n.22
Serle (Searl), Edward 124n.15
sextons 65–6, 101
Sheffield 29–30
Carver Street Chapel burials 30–1, 66
life expectancy 34
Shepherd, Sarah 112, 127n.44
shoes 16, 81–3, 85, 87, 91
illfitting 93–5
impact of the body 84–9
impact on the body 90–6
shoes as protection against evil 85
socks 88–9
straight lasted 94–5
as unnatural 95–6
used shoes as dangerous 85
and walking 91
see also leather, shoes
Siena, Kevin 88
Simpson, Emma 33
Simpson, George Henry 33
Simpson, James 14, 15, 22, 29–35
gravestone 31
Simpson, John 33
Simpson, Mary 33
Simpson, Rebecca 33
Simpson, Robert (father) 29, 30, 33
Simpson, Robert (son) 33
Simpson, William 32, 33
Skip, Mary 124n.17
Skipsey, Isabella 36
Smail, Daniel Lord 6
Smith, Charles 122n.2
Smith, John 224
smoking 133, 137–8, 157
and childhood/adolescence 157
and high socioeconomic status 160
and Irish 147, 155, 161–2
and low socioeconomic status 159
and men 134, 137, 138, 149, 150–1, 152, 159, 163
and poverty 139, 152, 155
as source of fatal fires 139
and women 13, 134, 138–9, 140, 149, 150–1, 155–6, 158, 163
snuff-taking 133, 137–8, 139, 158, 161
socks see under shoes
Sofaer, Joanna 7, 24, 205
Southampton, St Michael burials 124n.15
South Hetton 223
South Shields 35–6, 39
infant mortality 60
St Hilda's burials 38, 39–40, 47, 49, 49–52, 51, 56, 58, 62, 209, 213–20, 217
Spike Island 147
Steele, Louise 3, 7
Stockport 223
Hazel Grove burials 208, 209–13, 210, 227
Struve, Christian 85
Stukeley, William 107, 109
surgeons
and bodysnatching 100, 111, 113–14, 116–17, 119–20, 122
and dissection 106, 108, 109–11, 110, 113
early deaths of 127n.44
education 104, 114, 120
Swann, June 85, 94
Swaysland, Edward 96
Symonds, Joshua 115
 
Tague, Robert G. 191
Tarlow, Sarah 5, 22
Taylor, George Edward 180
Taylor, John ‘Chevalier’ 127n.44
Taylor, Maria McVey 16, 174, 175–81, 177, 178, 179, 194, 196
Teare, Edward 138
teeth
and ageing 37, 191, 219
enamel hypoplasia 184
pipe-notches 144, 145, 147–8, 148, 149, 150–1, 152, 153, 159–62
tobacco staining 145–7, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150–1, 153, 154, 156, 160
Thackrah, Charles Turner 222, 227
Thane, Pat 221
Thoms, W. J. 66
Thornley 223
tobacco 133–4, 137, 163
as appetite suppressant 156
chewing 160
as pain killer 156
and social status 137, 138
staining teeth 145–7, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150–1, 153, 154, 156, 160
Toft, Mary 118
tuberculosis (consumption) 52, 57, 113, 127n.44, 174–81, 178, 179, 194–5, 211
Tullett, William 137, 138
 
Vesalius, Andreas 111
vitamin D deficiency 211–12, 222
 
Wahrman, Dror 6–7
Wakley, Thomas 64, 65–6
Walker, Don 146, 161, 162
walking, urban 91
Wallis, Katherine 108
Wardrop, James 27
Warner-Smith, Alanna 9
Watson, Jane Peacock 226
Weekes, Hampton 94
Weekes, Richard 86
West Linton 226
Wheatley, Margaret 60
Wildman, Abraham 222
Wilkes, John 91
Withington, Philip 137
Witkin, Annsofie Victoria 185
women
and abortions 14, 55, 67, 69–70
and ageing 35, 38, 226
and bodysnatching 126n.39
and childbirth 60–1, 191
and childcare 227
and coalmining 226
and crime 34
and divorce 190
as domestic servants 68–9
and dressmaking 180
and hip fractures 227
and maternity 52
and poverty 38–9
and pregnancy 59–60, 71
and pregnancy, unwanted 67, 68
sex ratios in port towns 36
and shoes 92, 95
as shopkeepers and dealers 37
and smoking 13, 134, 138–9, 140, 149, 150–1, 155–6, 158, 163
and snuff-taking 139, 158
see also midwives
Woodward, John 113
wool, socks 88–9
work see children, child labour; human bodies, and manual labour
workhouses 61
Working, Lauren 137
Worrell, Catherine 116
 
York, pipes 141
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