Despicable Dissections: Meet the characters behind Edinburgh's body-snatching past

One might be forgiven for thinking Edinburgh was a great place to be in the 1820s. With a spate of new discoveries changing the face of medicine, it was a respected and forward thinking city. But beneath the quest for knowledge lay a macarbre secret: body-snatching! In this talk that exposes the seedier side of our pioneering past, we'll put a face to the names of the dreadful characters behind this vile practice, with a pictorial walk through the University Collections. Make sure to count everyone in your party on the way out...

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