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Among the ablest anatomical teachers of his day, Robert Knox
(1791-1862) also busied himself with the study of zoology and
ethnology. Prepared by his pupil and colleague Henry Lonsdale
(1816-76), this 1870 biography explores the scope of Knox's
scientific research and the nature of his character. It describes
how Knox developed at Edinburgh one of the most significant
anatomical schools in Britain, playing a dominant role in expanding
the comparative anatomy collection held by the city's Royal College
of Surgeons. Despite his eminence and popularity as a lecturer, his
reputation was deeply tarnished by his association with the
notorious murderers Hare and Burke, who had provided Knox with
bodies for dissection. Drawing on surviving correspondence and
information gathered from friends and colleagues, Lonsdale's work
stands as a robust defence and sympathetic portrait of a prominent
yet controversial figure in the history of nineteenth-century
medicine.
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