Murdering to Dissect: Grave-Robbing, Frankenstein and the Anatomy Literature by Tim Marshall

Murdering to Dissect: Grave-Robbing, Frankenstein and the Anatomy Literature

Tim Marshall

354 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction informative medium-paced
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When Frankenstein appeared in 1818 it was well known that the medical profession lent silent support to the grave-robbing gangs who regulary sold the surgeons newly-buried bodies for dissection. This resurection trade led to the sensational Burke ...

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