The history of the London Burkers ; containing a faithful and authentic account of the horrid acts of the noted Resurrectionists, Bishop, Williams, May, etc., etc., and their trial and condemnation at the Old Bailey for the wilful murder of Carlo Ferrari, with the criminals' confessions after trial. Including also the life, character, and behaviour of the atrocious Eliza Ross. The murderer of Mrs. Walsh, etc., etc.

Date:
1832
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Credit: The history of the London Burkers ; containing a faithful and authentic account of the horrid acts of the noted Resurrectionists, Bishop, Williams, May, etc., etc., and their trial and condemnation at the Old Bailey for the wilful murder of Carlo Ferrari, with the criminals' confessions after trial. Including also the life, character, and behaviour of the atrocious Eliza Ross. The murderer of Mrs. Walsh, etc., etc. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cise and indubitable than that which can be acquired by any other artificial means.’ That celebrated man, M. Geoffrey St. Hilaire, Says, in his report to the Institute on the 2nd of August, 1830, ‘ A general knowledge of the parts of the human body ought one day to constitute a part of natural history, and form an early branch of educa- tion amongst every class of society. Sooner or later, this study will be adopted in our schools ; but this will never become, nor is it possible to be executed without the resources offered by the new branch of industry created by M. Auzouz.’ M. Richerand, one of the most celebrated pro- fessors of medicine of France, says, 4 He who culti- vates the science of human anatomy, resembles, in some degree, the chymist; in the same manner that the latter cannot attain to a correct knowledge of a substance without being able to decompose it, and to analyze it in all its parts, so the anatomist cannot obtain a perfect knowledge of the human body until, having studied separately, and with the greatest care, each of its organs, and each of the systems which are formed by a certain number of similar organs, he is able to assign to each of them its proper place—to determine the relations which they bear to each other, and the proportions into which they enter, in order to form the composition of this or that of our members.’ From these commendatory reports from some of the most scientific men of France, as well as from the opinion of a great number of physicians who were invited to give their opinion on the utility of his artificial skeleton, M. Auzouz drew the follow- ing results. 4 1st. That these preparations differ totally from all others which have been hitherto made or con- structed for facilitating the study of anatomy, and