Hi again Kevan ! A little bit more information on this topic - there is a lecture entitled "Death and Resurrection - the Body Snatchers" at the Society of Genealogists on Wednesday/29/October/2008 from 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. - given by Alec TRITTON. It costs £ 4 to Members and £ 5 to non-members. Are you a Member ? You can book tickets by credit card on 020-7553-3290, or on their website www.sog.org.uk or by email <events@sog.org.uk> There is a 40p booking fee for phone and online bookings to cover postage. From the 'blurb' on the leaflet it sounds as if it will be interesting ! I hope this helps ! Best Wishes ! Roger. ---------------------- On 12 Oct 2008, at 00:11, Kevan wrote: > All, > A big thank you to all of the replies, that have been forwarded > to the > relevant family member. > > I was quite amazed at how much knowledge existed in just one > list, well - > I guess - I knew this really. > > There were many interesting links, recommendations, etc about > 'body > snatching' and the eventual law in 1832 which apparently made it > easier for > hospitals to receive bodies, if unknown at death, to be available for > dissection & medical usage. [I am making this up as I go along, I > need to > read the material properly, but fairly correct]. > > Thanks for all the responses. > Best > Kevan > -----Original Message----- > From: essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:essex-uk- > bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Kevan > Sent: 05 October 2008 15:55 > To: ESSEX-UK-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Ess] Body snatching references request > > All, > > An odd topic, but I am looking for references to Victorian & > earlier > 'body snatching' for medical research. This can include good > websites, books > available (can be the British Library) etc. This is for a family > member who > is researching the same, and thought you guys seem to have a wealth of > knowledge! > > Thanks in advance. > > Best > > Kevan > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK- > admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK- > admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >