Complex sentence: Some anatomists faced difficulties obtaining the corpses the law did grant them; fuelled by resentment of how readily the death penalty was handed down, and imbued with superstitious beliefs, crowds sometimes sought to keep the bodies of executed felons away from the authorities.
Split into simpler sentences: Some anatomists faced difficulties obtaining the corpses the law did grant them. Fuelled by resentment of how readily the death penalty was handed down, and imbued with superstitious beliefs, crowds sometimes sought to keep the bodies of executed felons away from the authorities.