The Dark Ages of Dissection

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The Burke and Hare murders were serial murders perpetrated in Edinburgh, Scotland, from November, 1827 through October 31, 1828. The killings were attributed to Irish immigrants William Burke and William Hare, who sold the corpses of their 17 victims to provide material for dissection. Their purchaser was Doctor Robert Knox, a private anatomy

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[whythawk]

I met a medical student at the university in Bristol. Apparently, the skeleton in their main lecture theatre - used for regular demonstrations - is that of Burke.