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George MacGregor

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History of Burke and Hare, And of the Resurrectionist Times Cover image

History of Burke and Hare, And of the Resurrectionist Times

Crime History Non-Fiction
Murder Science Medical Ethics Anatomy Cadavers Burke Hare Resurrectionist Anatomy Act Anatomy Schools

This book dives into the dark history of the Resurrectionist movement, a time when corpses were illegally exhumed and sold to anatomy schools for dissection and research. At the heart of this gruesome trade were Burke and Hare, two infamous murderers...