An edition of The Italian boy
(2004)
The Italian Boy
A Tale of Murder and Body Snatching in 1830s London
by Sarah Wise
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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.
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The Italian Boy: A Tale of Murder and Body Snatching in 1830s London
June 1, 2004, Metropolitan Books
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in English
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The Italian boy: a tale of murder and body snatching in 1830s London
2004, Metropolitan Books
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"George Beaman, surgeon to the parish of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, turned back the scalp of the corpse lying before him."
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