Executing Magic in the Modern Era: Criminal Bodies and the Gallows in Popular Medicine

• Main Author: Francesca Matteoni (auth)
• Other Authors: Owen Davies (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Palgrave Macmillan 2017
• Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife
• Subjects: witchcraft and magic; medical humanities; capital punishment
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This book explores the magical and medical history of executions from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century by looking at the afterlife potency of criminal corpses, the healing activities of the executioner, and the magic of the gallows site. The use of corpses in medicine and magic has been...