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
Redmond, Luke, murder of, 87.
Resurrectionists, biographical notices of, 128.
cost of keeping families of, whilst the men were in gaol, 48.
damage done to subjects purchased from rivals, 45, 49.
demand finishing money, 48.
earnings of, 71, 72.
end of, 117.
first appearance of, 13.
in fiction, 16.
_modus operandi_ of, 61.
as described in _Memoir_ of Thomas Wakley, 61.
improbability of this method, 63.
_modus operandi_ of Naples, 64.
number of bodies obtained by, 60, 69.
origin of, 44.
popular feeling against, 69, 113.
sources of information respecting, vii.
See also _Diary, Prosecutions_.
Rex _v._ Cundick, 93.
Rex _v._ Lynn, 90.
"Rockingham Arms" public-house. See Diary, _passim_.
Rolph (Mary), body of, exhumed, 142.
Ross, Elizabeth, the "Burker," viii.
Rowlandson's "Dissecting-room." _Frontispiece_.
Royal College of Surgeons, examinations of, 15.
foundation of, 22.
obliged to dissect bodies of murderers, 22, 26.
opposition to Bill of, on account of distance of new building
from Newgate, 23.
proceedings for obtaining premises near Newgate, 24.
St. Bartholomew's Hospital, mentioned. See Diary, _passim_.
St. George's, Bloomsbury, robbery from graveyard of, 59.
See also Diary, _passim_.
St. James', bodies obtained from. See Diary, _passim_.
St. John's, bodies obtained from. See Diary, _passim_.
St. Luke's burial-ground, bodies obtained from. See Diary, _passim_.
St. Olave and St. John, Southwark, burial-ground, 152.
St. Pancras, bodies obtained from. See Diary, _passim_.
St. Thomas', Charterhouse, 152.
St. Thomas' Hospital, mentioned. See Diary, _passim_.
Sergeant, Miss, _Dr. Endicott's Experiment_, refers to
body-snatching, 17.
Sheriffs of London, letter from, as to bodies of Bishop and
Williams, 28.
Shields, porter to Bishop and Williams, 113.
Smalls, meaning of, 71.
Smith (Albert), "Confessions of Jasper Muddle, Dissecting-room
Porter," 17, 130.
Society of Apothecaries, did not require attendance at dissection, 14.
Somerville (James C.), effects on students of want of subjects, 48.
Inspector of Anatomy, 117.
South (J. F.) and D'Arcy Power, Memorials of the Craft of Surgery,
quoted, 19.
Southey (R.), _The Surgeon's Warning_, 78, 88.
Spelling (--), at Hatton Garden for body-snatching, 92.
Stanley (E.), bodies sold to. See Diary, _passim_.
Stone (T. Madden), account of dissection at College of Surgeons, 28.
letter on body-snatchers, 125.
Students, knowledge of anatomy necessary for. See _Anatomy_.
Subjects for dissection. See _Bodies_.
Taunton (Mr.), bodies sold to. See Diary, _passim_.
Teeth, trade in, by Resurrectionists, 71, 167.
Tottenham, bodies obtained from. See Diary, _passim_.
Trance, man buried during, and rescued by resurrection-men, 65.
Trials for body-snatching. See _Prosecutions_.
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