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body snatching, the illicit removal of corpses from graves or morgues during the 18th and 19th centuries. Cadavers thus obtained were typically sold to medical schools for use in the study of anatomy.
The bodysnatcher or ‘Sack ‘em up men’ worked tirelessly up and down the length of Britain, raiding churchyards where any new burial had taken place. Cadavers were swiftly removed, stripped of their grave clothes and hastily bundled into waiting carts or hampers ready to be shipped to their final destination.
Body snatching is the illicit removal of corpses from graves, morgues, and other burial sites. Body snatching is distinct from the act of grave robbery as grave robbing does not explicitly involve the removal of the corpse, but rather theft from the burial site itself.
Leonardo da Vinci produced a series of drawings of the human body while dissecting an old man who had died in a hospital in Florence in the winter of 1507-08. The growth of medical schools led to...
Oct 30, 2012 · The Body Snatchers: Corpse and Effect. Corpses sold for dissection by body snatchers helped improve understanding of how the human body worked, according to a new book that brings together archaeological evidence from their remains.
What do you think May’s crime was? How many bodies has Bishop sold during his career as a body snatcher? What does this tell you about the trade?
Many of the famed doctors of the 18th and early 19th Centuries were unscrupulous in their acquisitions of cadavers for dissection. Anatomists like William Hunter often preserved the more interesting parts for their private collections. Find out about the stories of the body snatchers.
