Body Snatchers Apr 2026

: Legislation at the time restricted the legal supply of cadavers to executed criminals, which was insufficient for the growing number of medical students.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, "body snatchers" (also known as resurrectionists) were individuals who exhumed recently buried corpses to sell them to medical schools for anatomical dissection. Body Snatchers

The body snatchers: corpse and effect - University of Cambridge : Legislation at the time restricted the legal