On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:13:08 -0000, Roy Stockdill <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> wrote: > Of course it was barbaric by today's standards but in the early 19th > century it was very common,routine practice for people who died on the > gallows for murder to have their bodies given over to ahospital or the > surgeons for dissection and medical research. Following up Roy's comment on dissection, I see there are paragraphs, on the following web page, about dissection and burial of people, who were executed: The history of judicial hanging in Britain 1735 - 1964. http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/hanging1.html The relevant paragraphs are about half way down the page. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com