Without and Within: Victorian Mourning and Treatment of the Dead

Curious Letter




Reprinted here is a letter written in 1811 by M. Monsey, a medical doctor, who is willing his body to a colleague for medical purposes. To combat the taboo of using the dead for the advancement of science and medicine, there were a few instances where the medical community wrote to address the public, showcasing their rationale for willing their own bodies for science.

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