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
Bodies, difficulties of obtaining, 44.
dissection of, in public, 100.
fatal effect of, 39.
for dissection supplied by students, 15.
left for anatomical purposes, 33-40.
offered for dissection after death, 39.
possession of stolen, decided to be felony, 98.
prices of, 71.
raised by competition of different schools, 47.
scarcity of, 13.
stolen by Resurrectionists from houses, 50.
from dead-house at Guy's Hospital, 53.
whilst awaiting coroner's inquest, 53.
supply of, in foreign countries, 118.
from provinces, 81.
from workhouses, 31.
suggestions in newspapers, 31.
See also _Country_; _Edinburgh_.
temporary shelter for, 65.
of malefactors given to Company of Barbers and Surgeons, 19.
difficulty of obtaining from Tyburn, 20.
of murderers to be given up to Surgeons' Company, 21.
dissected at College of Surgeons, 22.
account of proceedings at dissection, by T. M. Stone, 28.
conveyed through streets, 23.
dissection of, an obstacle to passing the Anatomy Act, 30.
Boys (Mr.) wishes his body to be made into "essential salts," 38.
Bridgman's patent coffin, 76.
illustration of, 78.
Brookes (Joshua), advertisement of Lectures, 42.
badly treated by resurrection-men, 45.
bodies sold to. See Diary, _passim_.
Bunhill Row, bodies obtained from. See Diary, _passim_.
Burial-grounds, custodians of, bribed by Resurrectionists, 58.
precautions for watching, 72.
protection of, 75.
Burke and Hare, referred to, v., viii.
Burking, by means of snuff, ix.
meaning of, viii.
panic from fear of, vii.
Butler, biographical notice of, 132.
See also Diary, _passim_.
Cameron (Sir C.) History of Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland,
referred to, 87.
Carpue (J. C.), caricature of, 98.
mentioned in Diary, 141.
refuses to buy body of Italian boy, 109.
Chandler (George), provides building for dissecting murderers, 24.
Chapman (Israel), Jew Resurrectionist, 166.
Cheselden (William) summoned before Court of Barber-Surgeons for
teaching anatomy, 18.
Chiene (Prof.), referred to, xii.
Clarke (--), imprisoned for stealing body of child, 51.
Clarke (J. F.), on post mortem of the Italian boy, 56.
Clift (W. and W. H.). Drawings of heads of murderers, 26.
Cline (H.), mentioned in Diary, 139.
Coffins, Bridgman's patent, 76.
illustrations of, 78.
mentioned by Southey, 78.
Coke (Lord), on property in a dead body, 90.
Committee on Anatomy. See _Anatomy_.
Company of Barbers and Surgeons to have bodies of malefactors, 19.
advertisement of dissection, 21.
anatomical teaching by, 17.
Connolly, mentioned in Diary. See Diary, _passim_.
Cooper (Sir Astley), evidence before Anatomy Committee, 15.
payments to Resurrectionists, 48, 49.
purchase of bodies, 40, 149.
life of. See _Cooper (B. B.)_.
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