Body Snatchers ⇒

: The most infamous case involved Burke and Hare in Edinburgh (1828), who shifted from exhumation to murder to meet the demand for "fresh" subjects. 2. Literary: Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Body Snatcher"

: To avoid detection, snatchers typically only stole the body, leaving behind clothes and jewelry, as stealing personal property carried much harsher legal penalties than "disturbing a grave". Body Snatchers

: The practice largely ended with the Anatomy Act of 1832 , which legalized the use of unclaimed bodies from hospitals and workhouses for medical research, effectively destroying the black market. : The most infamous case involved Burke and

In the 18th and 19th centuries, "body snatchers" (also known as resurrectionists) were individuals who exhumed recently buried corpses to sell them to medical schools for anatomical dissection. snatchers typically only stole the body