ISBN10: 0812241916, ISBN13: 9780812241914, [publisher: Univ. Pennsylvania] Hardcover First Edition The Anatomy Murders by Rosner Lisa Univ. of Pennsylvania, 2010, lst. ISBN:9780812241914 Hardback in good condition with good dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cover is clean in mylar, It has library discard label on mylar and small patch inside rear cover that looks like sticker had been removed, only other library marking is stamp on casing so this book is EX-Library though with few markings This is the story of the men who sold bodies they had stolen from graves to the Edinburg medical school. A complex connection existed between these men Hare and Burke who sometimes murdered victims to order to supply the medical school doctors who would pay highly for these bodies and who knew many had been murdered. An interesting look into the early practices of medical men to obtain bodies so that they study of anatomy could move forward. B&W illustrations, cast of characters (from legal docs.), bibliography, index, 326 pages.
[Los Banos, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2010]