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As The Butte Daily Post said in 1897, this book is a "gruesome publication." The Diary covers a unique vocation that thrived in the early nineteenth century: Resurrectionist. It was a job created out of a need for anatomy schools to acquire bodies for dissection during lectures. Fresh bodies. And those willing to dig them up were paid handsomely for their morbid efforts. William Burke and William Hare, who you'll read about within these pages,...

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from The Diary of a Resurrectionist, 1811-1812: To Which Are Added an Account of the Resurrection Men in London, and a Short History of the Passing of the Anatomy ActCollege, as stated above. A few extracts from the Diary were printed in the se of Sir Astley Cooper.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important ...

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The Diary of a Resurrectionist 1811-1812, - to which are added an account of the resurrection men in London and a short history of the passing of the anatomy act is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1896. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation o...

The Diary of a Resurrectionist, 1811-1812 - To which are Added an Account of the Resurrection Men in London... is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1896. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical w...

Excerpt: ...of bodies for dissection was an offence liable to punishment. The jury found all the defendants not guilty of the charge of conspiracy, but they pronounced Davies and Blundell guilty of possession of the body, with knowledge of the illegal disinterment. The defendants were brought up Pg 98 for judgment in London in May, 1828. Mr. Justice Bayley, in passing sentence, said that “, there were degrees of guilt, and in this case th...

The Diary of Resurrectionist 1811-1812 to which are Added an Account of the Resurrection Men in London and a Short History of the Passing of the Anatomy Act. First published in 1896.

Excerpt from The Diary of a Resurrectionist, 1811-1812: To Which Are Added an Account of the Resurrection Men in London, and a Short History of the Passing of the Anatomy Act College, as stated above. A few extracts from the Diary were printed in the se of Sir Astley Cooper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an im...