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
Cooper (Bransby B.), life of Sir Astley Cooper, referred to,
vi., vii., 125.
notices of Resurrectionists, 128.
Corporation of Surgeons, required knowledge of anatomy in students, 14.
to have bodies of murderers, 21.
end of, 22.
Country, bodies sent to, 148, 150, 154.
Craigie (Dr.), Inspector of Anatomy, 117.
Crail, house for securing the dead, 80.
Crouch (Ben), biographical notice of, 128.
See also Diary, _passim_.
Crowe (Mrs.). _Light and Darkness_, resurrection-man in, 17.
Cundick (George). See Rex _v._ Cundick.
Deane (John), fined for teaching anatomy, 18.
Dermott (G. D.), proposal by, for raising fund to purchase bodies, 32.
_Diary of a Resurrectionist_, description and authorship of, 124.
_fac-simile_ of page of, 138.
history of, v.
reprinted, 139.
Dickens (Charles). Mr. Cruncher in _Tale of Two Cities_, 17.
Dissection. See _Bodies_.
Dublin, burial-grounds of, 87.
Dundee, protection of grave at, 79.
Dunn (Francis), execution of, 23.
Edinburgh, bodies sent to, 142, 143, 145, 148, 175, 176.
Greyfriars Churchyard, mortsafes in, 76.
illustrations of, 41, 74, 76.
Edwards (D.). _Post mortem_ of the Italian boy, 57.
Fairclough (Jane), prosecution of Davies and others for stealing
her body, 95.
Fat, graves rifled for, 88.
Ferrari (Carlo), murder of, 109.
_post mortem_ of, 56.
Ferrers (Earl), execution of, 27.
Fiction, body-snatchers in, 17.
Finishing money, 48.
Flemish, the, bodies obtained from. See Diary, _passim_.
Forster (Mr.), _post mortem_ on Messenger Monsey, 37.
Frampton (Dr.), bodies sold to. See Diary, _passim_.
France, supply of bodies in, 119.
Germany, supply of bodies in, 120.
Glasnevin Churchyard, riot in, 73.
Glennon, the police officer, presented with silver staff, 46.
recovered stolen bodies, 50.
Goswell Street, bodies obtained from, 152.
Grainger (R. D.), payments to resurrection-men, 48.
oration over body of Jeremy Bentham, 33.
refuses to buy body of Italian boy, 109.
Graves, protection of, 75, 79, 80.
See also _Burial-grounds_.
Green Churchyard, 140.
Guthrie, referred to, 14.
Guy's Hospital, bodies stolen from dead-house, 53.
mentioned in Diary. See Diary, _passim_.
Hall (Edward), trial of, at Warrington, 95.
Harnell (P.), a Resurrectionist, 133.
Harnett (Bill), biographical notice of, 130.
See also Diary, _passim_.
Harnett (Jack), biographical notice of, 131.
See also Diary, _passim_.
Harnige. See Hornig.
Harpers. See Diary, _passim_.
Hawkins (Cæsar), advertisement of Lectures, 42.
Head. See _Bishop and Williams_.
Henderson, of Greenock, punished for shipping bodies from Liverpool, 87.
Hill, porter at King's College, 108.
Holland, supply of bodies in, 122.
Holliss, biographical notice of, 134.
Holmes (Mrs. Basil). _Burial-grounds of London_, quoted, 138, 140.
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