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The good is oft interred with their bones
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Two recent publications describe anatomical dissection in the 19th century and how in Great Britain the 1832 Anatomy Act regulated anatomical dissection. A current exhibition portrays the history of human anatomical dissection, the trade of grave robbing and murder to supply bodies for the tuition of anatomy in Scotland, and the enactment of the Anatomy Act 1832. The most complete versions of the exhibition will be on view in Edinburgh and Glasgow and smaller collections will be exhibited in other medical centres in Scotland (Patrizio and Kemp, 2006
; Barnes and French, 2006). The two publications relating to this exhibition illustrate many of the items on display and describe in detail the history of anatomical dissection and the teaching of this subject in Scotland.
Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer observed grave robbing in North America and the recounting of these and other abuses has been the subject of many publications
History of anatomy
Thomas Willis
Neuropathology in the 20th century
The Anatomy Act of 1832
The Human Tissue Act of 2004
Green College
University of Oxford