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Anatomists in Georgian London

Lecture by Simon Chaplin, Senior Curator, Museums of the Royal College of Surgeons of England


The late 18th century has been characterised as an age of body-snatchers, supplying stolen corpses for dissection by surgeons.

But why was this gruesome trade tolerated? How did the anatomists persuade their peers to condone, rather than condemn, the noisome business of dissection?

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Speaker(s):

Dr Simon Chaplin | talks | www

 

Date and Time:

1 December 2005 at 6:00 pm

Duration:

1 hour

 

Venue:

Gresham College
Barnard's Inn Hall
Holborn
London
EC1N 2HH
+44 20 78 31 05 75
http://www.gresham.ac.uk

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