Title: The Italian boy
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.
Subjects: Poor, Homicide, Murder, Grave Robbing, Body snatching, History, 19th Century, Poverty, Case studies, Social conditions, Autopsy, History, Murder, great britain, Poor, england, london, London (england), social conditions
Places: England, London, London (England)
Time periods: 19th century