The Resurrectionists
by Linore Rose Burkard
from, Myths and Mysteries of the Regency
During the Regency, (ca.1800-1820) if you had to bury a loved one, surprisingly, you might have been warned to guard the gravesite against thieves. |
| A group of infamous "resurrectionists" at work. |
One might object that they were not burying artifacts of value, or jewelry, or possessions, with the dead. So what was there to steal?
Ahem.
At this time in England there was a burgeoning field of medical
inquiry. Bodies were needed for the research which was so vital for practicing physicians...
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