"And afterwards your body to be given for public dissection": A history ofthe murderers dissected in Glasgow and the West of Scotland

Authors
Kennedy, SS McLeod, KJ McDonald, SW
Citation
Ss. Kennedy et al., "And afterwards your body to be given for public dissection": A history ofthe murderers dissected in Glasgow and the West of Scotland, SCOT MED J, 46(1), 2001, pp. 20-24
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
SCOTTISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
ISSN journal
00369330 → ACNP
Volume
46
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
20 - 24
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-9330(200102)46:1<20:"AYBTB>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Between 1752 and 1832, the bodies of hanged murderers were dissected or gib beted. During this period, 38 murderers were executed in the West of Scotla nd. The bodies of at least 23 were dissected in Glasgow. The stories of the se murders are recounted Insight is also given into the attitudes of the pu blic and the anatomists to dissection of executed murderers.