Body Snatching: The Robbing of Graves for the Education of Physicians in Early Nineteenth Century America

by Suzanne M. Shultz

Book Overview

Also called "resurrectionists," body snatchers, were careful not to take anything from the grave but the body--stealing only the corpse was not considered a felony since the courts had already said that a dead body had no owner. ("Burking"--i.e., murder--was the alternative method of supplying "stiffs" to medical schools; it is covered here as well).

This book recounts the practice of grave robbing for the medical education of American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786422327
• ISBN13: 9780786422326
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher