This event has finished Took place on: Saturday, 31st Oct 2020
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Alec Tritton tells us about Burke and Hare - well known resurrection men. They supplied fresh corpses to the Edinburgh Anatomical Schools - often by murder. Each London anatomical student needed at least three bodies during their training. The only legitimate supply was from the gallows, which yielded just 52 bodies in 1831.
So was Edinburgh the only place to have seen murder just for the trade in human corpses or did London have its own burkers?
You can join Alec for a Questions session after the talk.
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2020-10-31 2020-10-31 Europe/London Death and Resurrection: The Resurrection Men Alec Tritton tells us about resurrection men - they supplied fresh corpses in the 19th century to Anatomical Schools. https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/2020/10/31/death-and-resurrection-the-resurrection-men-248112 ,,,This is an online video event, please check the organiser for details about how to watch.
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