Without and Within: Victorian Mourning and Treatment of the DeadMain MenuFleeing Death: Victorian Paranoia Concerning Public HealthFirst SectionDying Well and Loved: At the Moment of Death and MourningSecond SectionWearing and Burying Death: Fashion, Mourning, and Public Displays of DeathThird SectionUp and Down the Stair with Burke and Hare: Body-SnatchingFourth SectionWeird Science: Anatomical Use of the DeadFifth SectionWorks Cited/Full-Texts/Further ReadingsKyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4
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.