Thank you for that Nivard, it's what I was thinking, but had no other information to go by. I suppose it might have assuaged the upset of the families (or maybe there were none) if they'd been able to choose to further medical science. I suppose many families would have abjured the practice at the time. Sadly, profit sounds as if it was the impetus for those actually stealing the bodies. "Resurrection men," huh? Marketing is everything. :D --WendyE On Nov 30, 2012, at 1:20 PM, Nivard Ovington <ovington1@sky.com> wrote: > Hi Wendy > > Most likely for dissection in medical schools > > There was an act passed to licence those schools in 1832 > > There was not enough bodies from capital punishment so the "resurrection > men" liberated a few from graveyards for a price > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 30/11/2012 18:08, WendyE Gorlick wrote: >> Hi: >> I'm just catching up on a backlog of emails. >> >> I was looking at: HOPE BURIALS 1831 Jun-Dec. on the list was "2 Oct 1831, Benjamin WRAGG Bradwall 21, this body stolen" and later in the same list "26 Oct 1831, William BRADWALL Smaldale 28, this body stolen same night" i had to wonder what might be the primary reasons for stealing a body/bodies in this time period? Would this have been an isolated incident? >> >> Thanks--WendyE > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message