Bodysnatchers: A History Of The Resurrectionists, 1742 1832 by Martin Fido

Bodysnatchers: A History Of The Resurrectionists, 1742 1832

Martin Fido

184 pages first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction history medium-paced
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From 1740 to 1832, freshly buried corpses were dug up and surreptitiously hawked to surgeons and anatomists in London and Edinburgh to dissect for research and teaching purposes. The resurrection trade brought together Fellows of the Royal Society...

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