Project Gutenberg 2010-05-31 Public domain in the USA. 206 Bailey, James Blake 1897 The Diary of a Resurrectionist, 1811-1812 To Which Are Added an Account of the Resurrection Men in London and a Short History of the Passing of the Anatomy Act Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Diary of a Resurrectionist, 1811-1812" by James Blake Bailey is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work presents an intriguing look into the grim realities of body-snatching practices by resurrection-men in London during the early 19th century. Through the lens of a fragmentary diary, the text delves into the moral and ethical challenges surrounding anatomy education and the desperate measures taken to procure cadavers for dissection. At the start of the diary, the challenges posed by the shortage of bodies for dissection are discussed against the backdrop of the societal respect for the dead. The narrative outlines how dissection was viewed as a violation, leading to the rise of resurrectionists who excavated graves to fulfill the demand of medical students and institutions. The opening explores the historical context of body-snatching, highlighting the tension between the need for medical education and public outrage, ultimately setting the stage for the examination of the culture of fear and crime surrounding the practice. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Body snatching RA Text Browsing: Health & Medicine Browsing: History - General 293561 293563 2024-09-14T03:59:27.891188 2023-09-14T08:57:27.776686 text/html text/html 289843 2021-01-06T16:38:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 876329 2021-01-06T16:38:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 969220 2024-09-14T03:59:36.147207 application/epub+zip 969853 2024-09-14T03:59:29.997206 application/epub+zip 157378 2024-09-14T03:59:28.766195 application/epub+zip 1156614 2024-09-14T03:59:40.131140 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1125418 2024-09-14T03:59:34.802152 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 228957 2022-09-15T05:34:28.189680 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 229970 229777 2024-09-14T03:59:26.867216 2023-09-14T08:57:26.630669 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 229890 2021-01-06T16:38:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 83710 2021-01-06T16:38:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 229884 2021-01-06T16:38:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 83664 2021-01-06T16:38:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19706 2024-09-14T03:59:40.273125 application/rdf+xml 15309 2024-09-14T03:59:29.160226 image/jpeg 3588 2024-09-14T03:59:28.962233 image/jpeg 934179 2024-09-14T03:59:27.949201 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog