Stealing of corpses after burial, especially for medical dissection. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, in the absence of laws governing the acquisition of dissecting material for the study of anatomy, the needs of anatomy classes were met by surreptitious methods: body-snatching and grave robbing. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed; from Garrison, An Introduction to the History of Medicine, 4th ed, p447; from Castiglioni, A History of Medicine, 2d ed, p676)
Robbery -- England -- London -- Cases : The life and exploits of Jack Sheppard, the notorious housebreaker : comprising his several escapes from prison, and a full account of his trial and execution
Robbery -- Florida -- Case studies : 15 to life : Kenneth's story / a film by Nadine Pequeneza ; a production of HitPlay Productions Inc. in association with American Documentary/POV ; produced, directed and written by Nadine Pequeneza
Stealing of corpses after burial, especially for medical dissection. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, in the absence of laws governing the acquisition of dissecting material for the study of anatomy, the needs of anatomy classes were met by surreptitious methods: body-snatching and grave robbing. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed; from Garrison, An Introduction to the History of Medicine, 4th ed, p447; from Castiglioni, A History of Medicine, 2d ed, p676)
Robbery -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800 : The case of Elizabeth Canning fairly stated : containing, an impartial account of every thing that has happen'd or been transacted in this strange affair, from her being seized in Moorfields, to the present time: the whole evidence given on her examination before the sitting alderman, and that of virtue hall before the justice, unravelled and set in a true light : likewise, virtue hall's examination before Justice Lediard, and recantation before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor : with pertinent remarks in the several passages as they occur in the narrative
