The Diary of a Resurrectionist
Published in 1896, this collection presents an economic, practical, and sociological understanding of body-snatching. Excerpted is the second chapter of the text which gives voices to those that engaged, or heard about, the practice of selling bodies to medical institutions. Including these voices allows us to see what drove those to snatch bodies; a way to see beyond the taboo of the act and rather critique the system that forces its implementation. Also included are pictures of mortsafes used by families to prevent the theft of their loved ones' corpses.