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Body Snatching: The Robbing of Graves for the Education of Physicians in Early Nineteenth Century America Paperback - 2005 - 1st Edition

by 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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  • Title Body Snatching: The Robbing of Graves for the Education of Physicians in Early Nineteenth Century America
  • Author Suzanne M. Shultz
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 144
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher McFarland & Company
  • Date 2005-02-24
  • Features Bibliography
  • ISBN 9780786422326 / 0786422327
  • Weight 0.46 lbs (0.21 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.98 x 6.04 x 0.34 in (22.81 x 15.34 x 0.86 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Topical: Death/Dying
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 9053522
  • Dewey Decimal Code 364.18

About the author

Suzanne M. Shultz, has published works on the history of medicine and Three Mile Island. She is the director of Library Services of Philip A. Hoover, M.D. Library at WellSpan Health at York Hospital. She lives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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