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Marietta, or, The two students : a tale of the dissecting room and "body snatchers" / by J.H. Robinson.
Robinson, J. H. (John Hovey), 1820-1867.Date: 1846
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A letter to the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Home Department, containing remarks on the report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons, on anatomy, and pointing out the means by which the science may be cultivated with advantage and safety to the public / by G.J. Guthrie.
Guthrie, G. J. (George James), 1785-1856.Date: 1829
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Body-snatching.
Smith, Southwood, 1788-1861.Date: 1824
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Anatomy laws versus body-snatching.
Dwight, Thomas, 1843-1911.Date: [1896]
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Use of the dead to the living.
Smith, Southwood, 1788-1861.Date: 1828
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The trial, sentence and confessions of Bishop, Williams, and May, at the Old Bailey, London, on Friday, December 2, 1831, for the murder of Carlo Ferrari, an Italian boy ; respite of May; execution of Bishop and Williams; together with an account of many circumstances connected with the period of their early life.
Bishop, John, -1831Date: 1831
Archives and manuscripts
William Pannell Marshall (fl.1828), surgeon, apothecary and accoucheur
Date: 1828Reference: MS.7312/10-12
Part of: Miscellany: English, 19th-20th centuries
Archives and manuscripts
Miscellany: English, 19th-20th centuries
Date: 1809-1944Reference: MS.7312
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Suggestions on the best means of supplying anatomical schools, with opportunity of studying practical anatomy and surgery : in a letter addressed to the Right Hon. Viscount Melbourne, Secretary of State for the Home Department / by J. Evans Riadore.
Riadore, John Evans, -1861.Date: 1831
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Trial of William Burke and Helen M'Dougal : before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on Wednesday, December 24. 1828, for the murder of Margery Campbell, or Docherty / Taken in short hand by Mr John Macnee, writer. With an illustrative preface.
Burke, William, 1792-1829.Date: 1829
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Resurrectionists at Liverpool : discovery of 33 human bodies, in casks, about to be shipped from Liverpool for Edinburgh, on Monday last, October 9, 1826.
Date: [1826]
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Remarks on the Anatomy Bill now before Parliament : in a letter addressed to the Right Hon. the Lord Althorp, and given to the members of either House on their personal or written application to the publisher / by G.J. Guthrie.
Guthrie, G. J. (George James), 1785-1856.Date: 1832
Archives and manuscripts
Burking Miscellany
Date: 1831Reference: MS.7058
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An account of the circumstances attending the imprisonment and death of the late William Millard, formerly superintendent of the Theatre of Anatomy of St. Thomas's Hospital, Southwark.
Date: 1825
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A letter addressed to the government, and the Royal College of Surgeons, founded on the diabolical and horrible practice of Burking : setting forth the necessity of placing anatomical schools on a different footing : to which is submitted, a plan for effecting the same.
Hanson, N.Date: [1831]
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The history of Burke and Hare and of the resurrectionist times : a fragment from the criminal annals of Scotland / [George MacGregor].
Mac Gregor, George.Date: 1884
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West Port murders, or an authentic account of the atrocious murders committed by Burke and his associates; containing a full account of all the extraordinary circumstances connected with them. Also, a report of the trial of Burke and M'Dougal. With a description of the execution of Burke, his confessions, and memoirs of his accomplices, including the proceedings against Hare, &c.
Burke, William, 1792-1829.Date: 1829
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West Port murders, or an authentic account of the atrocious murders committed by Burke and his associates; containing a full account of all the extraordinary circumstances connected with them. Also, a report of the trial of Burke and M'Dougal. With a description of the execution of Burke, his confessions, and memoirs of his accomplices, including the proceedings against Hare, &c.
Burke, William, 1792-1829.Date: 1829
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Report of the case : John Dorrance against Arthur Fenner, tried at the December term, of the court of common pleas, in the county of Providence, A.D. 1801 ; to which are added, the proceedings in the case [of] Arthur Fenner vs. John Dorrance / carefully compiled from notes correctly taken by several gentlemen who were present during the whole course of the trial.
Dorrance, John, 1747-1813.Date: 1802
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Letter to the Lord Advocate, disclosing the accomplices, secrets, and other facts relative to the late murders : with a correct account of the manner in which the anatomical schools are supplied with subjects / by the Echo of Surgeons Square.
Echo of Surgeons Square.Date: 1829
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Body-snatching.
Date: 1824
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The necessity of disinterment, under existing circumstances, being an apology, &c., in a letter to the Mayor of Exeter / by William Cooke, Surgeon.
Cooke, William, 1802-1834.Date: 1827
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The history of Burke and Hare and of the resurrectionist times : a fragment from the criminal annals of Scotland / by George MacGregor.
Mac Gregor, George.Date: 1884
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Song of Hubbardton raid : delivered on the 50 (-I)th anniversary of the raid of the citizens of Hubbardton, Vermont, on Castleton Medical College, held at the residence of J. Sanford, M.D., Castleton, Vt., November 29, 1879 / by John M. Currier.
Currier, John McNab, 1832-1919.Date: 1880