The Italian boy
Subtitle: a tale of murder and body snatching in 1830s London
By: Sarah Wise
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 375
ISBN-13: 9780805075373
Subjects: Poor; Homicide; Murder; Grave Robbing; Body snatching; History, 19th Century; Poverty; Social conditions; History; Autopsy; Case studies
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-356) and index.