This event has finished Took place on: Thursday, 14th May 2015
Free FreeWith legal supplies of corpses limited, where could 18th and 19th century surgeons get their bodies from?
Thoughout the 18th and early 19th century, surgeons and their students sought increased access to anatomy. But with legal supplies of corpses limited, where could they get their subjects from?
A talk in the dark atmosphere of the Old Operating Theatre on the gruesome profession of the Resurrectionists, the men who supplied the dissecting rooms of London from the graves of the city, the tricks of the their trade and the stories of their gruesome work.
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2015-05-14 2015-05-14 Europe/London Night of The Bodysnatcher A talk on the gruesome profession of the Resurrectionists, the men who supplied the dissecting rooms of London from the graves of the city. https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/2015/05/14/night-of-the-bodysnatcher-58686 ,,, Meeting point to be confirmedWhat else is hapening in London on 14th May 2015
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