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 ActBailey, James Blake
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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
Bailey, James Blake
Body snatching
_Wednesday 25th._ Met at Jack at 2 p.m. Butler & myself went to the B.
L{n}. got 1 adt. Jack, Ben & Bill went Panc{s}. got 5 adt. & 1 small, took
them to Barthol{w}. Removed 3 to Cline, got 2 sets of can{s}.[87]
_Thursday 26th._ Met at Barthol{m}, me & Jack went to Tottenh{m}. got 1
adt. Ben & Bill went to St Ths. D{o} 3 large came home me & Jack got 1
Tottenh{m} Bill & Ben 1 large 2 small.
_Friday 27th._ Met at Plough, went to St T{s}. 6 adt. 1 small. Met the man
with the lanthorn[88]: took them Barthol{m}. went to Golden Lane 1 adt. 1
small gave Jack Hutton £1 as a share, took to the above place.
_Saturday 28th._ Met at Barthol. disposed of the above except 1 adt.
opened, 3 small, sent three to Edinboro. Drew up our Account, came home
Met at Jack, did not settle, at home all night.
_Sunday 29th._ Went Look out at Blue L{n}. &c did not go out Jack Bill &
Tom Drunk the reason as Ben said for not going out.
_Monday 30th._ Settled our Account up to Sat{y}. on hand 1 adt. Op{d}. &
Small three; met at Barthol{n}. me Bill & Jack Hutton went to B. Lyon got
1 adt. got up at four in the morning Tuesday, Butler Bill & me brought the
above to St Thos'.
DECEMBER, 1812.
_Tuesday 1st._ Met at Tottenham Court Road had a dispute in St. Ts Crib.
Came home did not do anything. came to the Rockingham Arms, got Drunk
_Wednesday 2nd._ Met at Vickers rectify{d}. our last account, the party
sent out me & Ben to St Thos. C{b}. got 1 adt., Bill & Jack Guys Crib 2
adt but one of them opd. Butler look out for us, took them to St. Thos.
came home Met at St Thos., me & Jack went to Tott{m}. got 4 adts Ben &
Bill got ad/6 s/1 f/1. at Pancrass took Totten{m} to Wilson, Pan{s}. to
Barthol.[89]
_Thursday 3rd._ Met at Wind{ll}. St. disposed of 2 of the above to Wilson,
went to Barthol{w}. came home for the night.
_Friday 4th._ Met at Vickers pack{d}. up one for Shute, afterwards went to
St Thos. got 6 adt. took them to Barth{m}. left Ben & Jack Hutton to pack
up for Edinbro, afterwards Jack me & Bill went to Tott{m}. got 3 adt. took
them to Barthol{m}.
_Saturday 5th._ Remain'd at Barth{m}. packing up for Edinboro, sent 12 to
the wharf for the above place, at home all night.
_The following list contains some of the chief sources of information on
the history of the Resurrectionists._
SMITH, SOUTHWOOD. "Use of the Dead to the Living." _Westminster Review_,
ii., 1824, p. 59.
This was afterwards reprinted as a pamphlet. One of the editions was
issued with the title of _Body-snatching_.
MACKENZIE, W. _An Appeal to the Public and to the Legislature, on the
necessity of affording dead bodies to the Schools of Anatomy by
legislative enactment_. 8vo. Glasgow, 1824.
GREEN, JOSEPH HENRY. _A letter to Sir Astley Cooper, on certain
proceedings connected with the establishment of an Anatomical Surgical
School at Guy's Hospital_. 8vo. London, 1825.
"On the Pleasures of Body-snatching." _Monthly Mag._, iii., 1827, p. 355.
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