Concept
Body snatching
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Bodysnatchers in a church cemetery disturbed by the braying of an ass. Mezzotint, 1771.
Date: 2 May 1771Reference: 25643i
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Portraits of William Burke (1792-1829) and Helen McDougal (b. c. 1795), on trial in Edinburgh in 1828 for the West Port murders. Coloured etching, c. 1829.
Reference: 25731i
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M0015589: Railings used to protect graves from body snatchers
Date: December 1956Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/139/48Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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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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The trial of Wm. Burke & Helen M'Dougal, on Wednesday, December 24, 1828 : in the High Court of Justiciary, before the Right Honourable Lord Chief Justice Clerk, and Lords Pitmilly, Meadowbank, and Mackenzie, on an indictment for the wilful murder of Mary Patterson, James Wilson and Madgy M'Gonegal ... in the Canongate and West Port, Edinburgh, for the purpose of sale to the medical faculty.
Date: [1829?]