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Body Snatchers, the Cemetery Entrepreneurs of the 18th and 19th Centuries
Anatomists of the 18th and 19th centuries faced a dreadful predicament in that they lacked what would today be called ‘educational aids’. They needed cadavers to dissect. These circumstances created an ideal opportunity for the body...
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