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Mortsafes at Kinnernie graveyard, Aberdeenshire.
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Mortsafes in Cluny graveyard, Aberdeenshire.
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Door open on Vault in graveyard at Udny, Aberdeenshire.
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Mortsafe in Skene churchyard, Aberdeenshire.
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Mortsafe at Oyne, Aberdeenshire.
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Mortsafe used as a cattle trough, Aberdeenshire.
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Watchhouse at Peterculter graveyard, Aberdeenshire.
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Entrance to vault in Leochel old churchyard, Aberdeenshire.
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Mortsafe in Towie churchyard, Aberdeenshire.
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Mortsafe tackle at Invererie, Aberdeenshire.
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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- Pictures
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A man walking along a country path is attacked by a bodysnatcher hiding behind a brick wall, who asphyxiates him by thrusting a heart-shaped plaster in his face. Coloured etching by Dickey Fubs, 1828.
Fubs, Dickey.Date: 1828Reference: 663319i- Books
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Anatomy threatened with excommunication, or, A true and faithful account of a recent battle : a Hudibrastic poem.
Date: 1819- Books
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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- Pictures
Bodysnatchers in a church cemetery disturbed by the braying of an ass. Mezzotint, 1771.
Date: 2 May 1771Reference: 25643i- Books
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A full, complete, and correct account of the horrid murder of the poor Italian boy Carlo Ferriar, as detailed in the examinations at Bow-Street police office, the coroner's inquest, and at the trial of Bishop, May, and Williams, on Friday, Dec. 2, 1831 : Including, every circumstance connected with this horrible burking transaction, the conviction of the murderers, their behaviour during the trial and sentence; the conduct of the prisoners, and confession and execution of Bishop and Williams.
Bishop, John, -1831Date: [1831?]- Ephemera
Oversize ephemera. EPH+49.
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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- Books
Possessing the dead : the artful science of anatomy / Helen MacDonald.
MacDonald, Helen (Helen Patricia)Date: 2010- Pictures
Two men placing the shrouded corpse which they have just disinterred into a sack while Death, as a nightwatchman holding a lantern, grabs one of the grave-robbers from behind. Coloured drawing by T. Rowlandson, 1775.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: 1755Reference: 25772i- Books
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The court of Cacus, or, the story of Burke and Hare / by Alexander Leighton.
Leighton, Alexander, 1800-1874.Date: 1861- Books
Grave disturbances : a history of the body snatchers / Geoffrey Abbott.
Abbott, Geoffrey.Date: 2006- Books
Scottish bodysnatchers / Norman Adams.
Adams, Norman, 1936-2011.Date: 2002