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Body Snatching - The Robbing of Graves for the Education of Physicians in Early Nineteenth Century America (Paperback, New edition) Loot Price: R672
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Body Snatching - The Robbing of Graves for the Education of Physicians in Early Nineteenth Century America (Paperback, New edition)

Suzanne M. Shultz

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Also called ""resurrectionists,"" body snatchers, were careful not to take anything from the grave but the body--stealing only the corpse was not considered a felony since the courts had already said that a dead body had no owner. (""Burking""--i.e., murder--was the alternative method of supplying ""stiffs"" to medical schools; it is covered here as well). This book recounts the practice of grave robbing for the medical education of American medical students and physicians during the late 1700s and 1800s in the US, why body snatching came about and how disinterment was done, and presents information on: efforts to prevent the practice, a group of professional grave robbers, and the European experience.

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Imprint: McFarland & Company
Country of origin: United States
Release date: February 2005
First published: 1992
Authors: Suzanne M. Shultz
Dimensions: 228 x 153 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 144
Edition: New edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-7864-2232-6
Categories: Books > Fiction > True stories > Crime
Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine
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LSN: 0-7864-2232-7
Barcode: 9780786422326

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