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The Italian Boy by Sarah Wise · Booklabria

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First published: 2004
Language: English
Editions: 8

Synopsis

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: History
Murder
Social conditions
Case studies
Homicide
Poverty
Set in: England
London
Time: 19th Century

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