Anatomy: Burke to Bioethics
Resource type
Lecture
Creator (person)
Gillingwater, Tom
Irving, Cat
Philp, Janet
Goggins, Sophie
Abstract
Exploring the history of anatomy in Edinburgh, from nepo babies and Burke and Hare to the Anatomy Act
In 1828, Burke and Hare murdered sixteen people and sold their bodies to the anatomy school of Dr Robert Knox. So began the notorious tale of Edinburgh’s murky medical underworld that has become synonymous with the history of science in the capital.
But how did the culture of 1820s Edinburgh allow the cultivation of such crimes? And what where the outcomes for the study of anatomy in Edinburgh?
Event title
Anatomy: Burke to Bioethics
Publisher
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Rights statement
In Copyright