A loyal student tried to salvage Knox's name by writing a biography in 1870. The book flopped. The government steered clear of reform for a few years. Then, following a series of body snatching incidents in London, the Anatomy Act of 1832 was formed. It allowed bodies of the poor to be taken from hospitals and workhouses for use in teaching.
Matters are a little more humane now.
The current Anatomy Act permits only bequests that have been written into the will or verbally agreed with relatives of the deceased before death. As for today's anatomy teachers-they are mainly pleasant and generally steer clear of such dubious antics. The history of medicine in Leeds. WS Maney and Son 1980. Macgregor G. History of Burke and Hare.