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
On the Practice of Body Snatching
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A letter by an anonymous writer to the editors of The New Castle Magazine, arguing for the importance of social need for dissection for social and scientific progress. Published in 1823, this letter stands as an odd example that dares to challenge the current cultural taboo of body-snatching.