Body snatching
By: Alix Wood
Edition: First edition.
Series: Why'd they do that? Strange customs of the past
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781433995736; 9781433995729; 9781433995750
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Body snatching; Dead; Grave robbing
Description: Examines religious, economic, scientific, and political motives for body snatching and grave robbing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Table of contents: title: Why body snatch?; title: Surgeons need practice; title: Artists' models; title: How to steal a body; title: Body-snatching Britain; title: Burke and Hare; title: Presidents and corpses; title: Body-snatching world; title: Discrimination; title: Mortsafes and towers; title: Is archaeology robbing?; title: Booby traps; title: Modern body snatching.