The other night there was a very interesting programme on how medical schools in the 1800s acquired cadavers to aid in the teaching and study of anatomy. Body snatching was a very lucrative business back then with some 'Resurrection Men' earning up to a months wages from one grisly transaction!
The programme is entitled Secrets of the Body Snatchers and was a Time Team Special on Channel 4 with Sir Tony Robinson as the presenter. Watch it here Secrets of the Body Snatchers
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| Resurrection men at work! Courtesy of Autodidact in the Attic |
The programme is entitled Secrets of the Body Snatchers and was a Time Team Special on Channel 4 with Sir Tony Robinson as the presenter. Watch it here Secrets of the Body Snatchers
I do, sometimes, find it hard to take what Baldrick from Blackadder says seriously though.
- Researched and written by Meadhbh Murphy