The Italian Boy
A Tale of Murder and Body Snatching in 1830s London
by Sarah Wise · 2004
Popularity 12
Describes the 1831 murder of a young vagrant and the sale of his body to a London medical college, a case that led to the arrest of his killers, "resurrection men" who acted to satisfy the demand for fresh cadavers for the study of human anatomy.
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