This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Beach Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/yYB.2ACI/2777.1.1 Message Board Post: Dear Mr. Brooke: I had almost forgotten about this old inquiry of mine, until I just saw your response this morning. I must say I was quite taken aback. As Dr. Beach's biographer (book due out in the first quarter of next year), I would ask you "in the name of science" please to present evidence of your allegations. "Vile and corrupt evil man" is an awfully strong judgment--With what evidence do you make such a judgment? This judgment does not fit with any of the known facts of the man (and testimonies from those who knew him). I am genuinely curious and you will find that I have an open mind on the matter. It is known to history that the Worthington Medical College (Eclectic medicine, NOT Homeopathy) was finally attacked by a "mob" who did not like the school's procurement of cadavers for anatomical study (the state of Ohio expected physicians to work with the anatomy of live people, but provided no way for study with cadavers--as is done today in all major medical schools)--and they ! ultimately persuaded the state to revoke the school's charter. Dr. Beach evidently studied with some of the professors post-charter--I have circumstantial evidence of this along with Dr. Beach's published testimony. That he may have obtained bodies for medical study would not be surprising (many medical students did so). Of course this was (is?) a touchy matter . . . and the phenomenon of "body snatching" ran the full spectrum, from outright desecration to the legitimate needs of medical and surgical practice. Do you have evidence that Dr. Beach was personally involved in the procurement of cadavers?--and you mention that you have knowledge of his preceptor--if so I ask you please to cite your information and its source. Mr. Brooke, is it your personal judgment on these past occurrences that you express? If so, I respect your right to express your views and judgments of history, but if more than your personal judgments on your reading of history, please share your sta! ted knowledge of Dr. Beach with me (I will also send this message to y our personal e-mail, so that you can respond in private if you prefer). As his biographer, I do wish to learn what special knowledge you may possess, while respecting your currently expressed feelings on this matter that occurred so long ago.