History of the anatomy act of Pennsylvania / [William Smith Forbes].

  • Forbes, William Smith, 1831-1905.
Date:
1867
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Credit: History of the anatomy act of Pennsylvania / [William Smith Forbes]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    traffic in human bodies/ was approved and placed in the hands of Senator Wilmer Worthington, of Chester, a doctor of medicine, and a gentleman whose high character and influence materially ad¬ vanced our cause, with the request that he would read it in place, and ask its passage by the Senate. This Act provides that the bodies of all persons to be buried at the public expense shall be given to any physician or surgeon of the same city or county claiming them for the promotion of med¬ ical science; and that an equitable distribution of these bodies shall be made, preference being given to medical schools, public and private; and that they shall in no case be taken out of the State, and that no traffic in them whatsoever shall exist. The Senate referred the Act to a com¬ mittee, which adopted a negative report, and pre¬ sented it the following day. Senator Worthing¬ ton then asked the Senate to recommit the Act, and that permission be granted the college com¬ mittee to appear and explain their views. “Your committee determined to proceed to Harrisburg for this purpose, and as one of their
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