BODY SNATCHERS - The history of the Resurrectionists

In the 1800’s Medical research and training was expanding rapidly, and along with this increased understanding of the human body and the growing interest in further developing the medical field, came the need for BODIES… lots and lots of bodies … More Specifically dead bodies.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
00:40 - 1800's Medical advancements & The need for Cadavers
1:32 - How did Medical Students get cadavers?
3:26 - Grave Robbers vs Body Snatchers
4:19 - Alternative Solution to get more bodies for Medical Research
6:10 - The Birth of The Resurrectionists AKA Professional Body Snatchers
7:12 - How The Resurrectionists did it
7:58 - Preventative measures to stop bodies from being taken
9:27 - Shipping bodies in Barrels & serving "Extra Stiff" Drinks
10:34 - John Scott Harrison
11:08 - Edward Burk & "Burking"
12:32 - Laws & Legislation + Embalming ends Body Snatching
14:01: - Body Snatching still happens today!
14:40 - Outro

SOURCES:
 https://www.aabb.org/news-resources/resources/transfusion-medicine/highlights-of-transfusion-medicine-history# 

https://www.britannica.com/story/the-strange-grisly-history-of-the-first-blood-transfusion 

https://www.history.co.uk/history-of-london/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers#

https://library.uthscsa.edu/2015/04/the-diary-of-a-resurrectionist-the-value-of-death/# 

https://sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-anatomy-riot-of-1788/ 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/in-need-cadavers-19th-century-medical-students-raided-baltimores-graves-180970629/# 

https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/bodies-at-the-bottom-of-the-barrel/ 

https://www.talkdeath.com/a-brief-history-of-body-snatching/ 

https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/fac_artchop/528/

https://www.facs.org/media/1x0f0byz/03_grave_robbing.pdf

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/body-snatching-tales-with-presidential-connections

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/in-need-cadavers-19th-century-medical-students-raided-baltimores-graves-180970629/

https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/body-snatching-around-the-world/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/body-snatching

https://cemeteryindex.com/wordpress/featured-cemeteries/mt-washington-cemetery/julie-rimer-historical-ramblings/body-snatching-in-the-1800s/# 

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