Article Title

“Anatomy, Grave-Robbing, and Spiritualism in Antebellum St. Louis”

Authors

Luke Ritter, Saint Louis University

Abstract

Dr. Joseph Nash Smith’s Missouri Medical College was a leading school for physicians and part of the professionalization of medicine before the Civil War. He also required human dissection that, along with being a St. Louis character, made him one of the period’s most controversial figures as well.

Recommended Citation

Ritter, Luke (2012) "“Anatomy, Grave-Robbing, and Spiritualism in Antebellum St. Louis”," The Confluence (2009-2020): Vol. 3: Iss. 2, Article 4.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/confluence_2009/vol3/iss2/4