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Thursday, 4 December 2014

Classes in anatomy needed a continual stream of Cadavers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomy

In the United States, medical schools began to be set up towards the end of the 18th century. Classes in anatomy needed a continual stream of cadavers for dissection and these were difficult to obtain. Philadelphia, Baltimore and New York were all renowned for body snatching activity as criminals raided graveyards at night, removing newly buried corpses from their coffins.

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