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The cultural politics of anatomy in 19th-century America : death, dissection, and embodied social identity / Michael Sappol.
Sappol, MichaelDate: 1997
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Marietta, or, The two students : a tale of the dissecting room and "body snatchers" / by J.H. Robinson.
John Hovey RobinsonDate: 1846
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Death, dissection and the destitute / Ruth Richardson.
Richardson, RuthDate: 2001
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Burke & Hare / Alanna Knight.
Alanna KnightDate: 2007
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A letter to the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Home Department, containing remarks on the report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons, on anatomy, and pointing out the means by which the science may be cultivated with advantage and safety to the public / by G.J. Guthrie.
George James GuthrieDate: 1829
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Body-snatching.
Thomas Southwood SmithDate: 1824
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Anatomy laws versus body-snatching.
Thomas DwightDate: [1896]
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Use of the dead to the living.
Thomas Southwood SmithDate: 1828
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The Irish body snatchers : a history of body snatching in Ireland / by John Fleetwood.
Fleetwood, John F. (John Finlayson), 1917-Date: 1988
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The trial, sentence and confessions of Bishop, Williams, and May, at the Old Bailey, London, on Friday, December 2, 1831, for the murder of Carlo Ferrari, an Italian boy ; respite of May; execution of Bishop and Williams; together with an account of many circumstances connected with the period of their early life.
Bishop, John, -1831Date: 1831
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Supplement to the trial of William Burke & Helen M'Dougal : containing the whole legal proceedings against William Hare, in order to bring him to trial for the murder of James Wilson, or Daft Jamie. With an appendix of curious and interesting information, regarding the late West-Port murders. Illustrated by a lithographic print of Mrs Hare and her child, as they appeared in the witness box / [William Burke].
William BurkeDate: 1829
Archives and manuscripts
William Pannell Marshall (fl.1828), surgeon, apothecary and accoucheur
Date: 1828Reference: MS.7312/10-12
Part of: Miscellany: English, 19th-20th centuries
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Grave-robbers & bodysnatchers in Devon / Patricia Gray.
Gray, Patricia, active 1979Date: 2009
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Murdering to dissect : grave-robbing, Frankenstein and the anatomy literature / Tim Marshall.
Marshall, Tim, 1951-Date: [1995], ©1995
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The inhumanists / by Cecil Howard Turner.
Turner, Cecil Howard.Date: 1932
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Miscellany: English, 19th-20th centuries
Date: 1809-1944Reference: MS.7312
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Body snatching : the robbing of graves for the education of physicians in early nineteenth century America / by Suzanne M. Shultz.
Shultz, Suzanne M.Date: 1992
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Suggestions on the best means of supplying anatomical schools, with opportunity of studying practical anatomy and surgery : in a letter addressed to the Right Hon. Viscount Melbourne, Secretary of State for the Home Department / by J. Evans Riadore.
Riadore, John Evans, -1861.Date: 1831
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Trial of William Burke and Helen M'Dougal : before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on Wednesday, December 24. 1828, for the murder of Margery Campbell, or Docherty / Taken in short hand by Mr John Macnee, writer. With an illustrative preface.
William BurkeDate: 1829
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An indictment for grave robbing at the time of the "doctors' riot", 1788 / by Ralph G. Victor.
Victor, Ralph G.Date: 1940
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Resurrectionists at Liverpool : discovery of 33 human bodies, in casks, about to be shipped from Liverpool for Edinburgh, on Monday last, October 9, 1826.
Date: [1826]
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Bodysnatchers : a history of the resurrectionists, 1742-1832 / Martin Fido.
Martin FidoDate: [1988], ©1988
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Remarks on the Anatomy Bill now before Parliament : in a letter addressed to the Right Hon. the Lord Althorp, and given to the members of either House on their personal or written application to the publisher / by G.J. Guthrie.
George James GuthrieDate: 1832
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The Streatham grave robbers : a tale of attempted body snatching in Streatham in 1814 / by John W. Brown.
Brown, John W.Date: [1998], ©1998
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Burking Miscellany
Date: 1831Reference: MS.7058

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The cultural politics of anatomy in 19th-century America : death, dissection, and embodied social identity / Michael Sappol.

Marietta, or, The two students : a tale of the dissecting room and "body snatchers" / by J.H. Robinson.

Death, dissection and the destitute / Ruth Richardson.

Burke & Hare / Alanna Knight.

A letter to the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Home Department, containing remarks on the report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons, on anatomy, and pointing out the means by which the science may be cultivated with advantage and safety to the public / by G.J. Guthrie.

Body-snatching.

Anatomy laws versus body-snatching.

Use of the dead to the living.

The Irish body snatchers : a history of body snatching in Ireland / by John Fleetwood.

William Pannell Marshall (fl.1828), surgeon, apothecary and accoucheur

Grave-robbers & bodysnatchers in Devon / Patricia Gray.

Murdering to dissect : grave-robbing, Frankenstein and the anatomy literature / Tim Marshall.

The inhumanists / by Cecil Howard Turner.

Miscellany: English, 19th-20th centuries

Body snatching : the robbing of graves for the education of physicians in early nineteenth century America / by Suzanne M. Shultz.

Suggestions on the best means of supplying anatomical schools, with opportunity of studying practical anatomy and surgery : in a letter addressed to the Right Hon. Viscount Melbourne, Secretary of State for the Home Department / by J. Evans Riadore.

Trial of William Burke and Helen M'Dougal : before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on Wednesday, December 24. 1828, for the murder of Margery Campbell, or Docherty / Taken in short hand by Mr John Macnee, writer. With an illustrative preface.

An indictment for grave robbing at the time of the "doctors' riot", 1788 / by Ralph G. Victor.

Resurrectionists at Liverpool : discovery of 33 human bodies, in casks, about to be shipped from Liverpool for Edinburgh, on Monday last, October 9, 1826.

Bodysnatchers : a history of the resurrectionists, 1742-1832 / Martin Fido.

Remarks on the Anatomy Bill now before Parliament : in a letter addressed to the Right Hon. the Lord Althorp, and given to the members of either House on their personal or written application to the publisher / by G.J. Guthrie.

The Streatham grave robbers : a tale of attempted body snatching in Streatham in 1814 / by John W. Brown.

Burking Miscellany