TY  - JOUR
T1  - THe sack-'em-up men. an account of the rise and fall of the modern resurrectionists.
Y1  - 1929/09/21
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1929.02710120055030
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 943
EP  - 943
VL  - 93
IS  - 12
N2  - The lives of Messrs. Burke and Hare, who provided Dr. Knox with dissecting material, have been variously revealed, including volumes in several series of Notable British Trials. The cold-bloodedness of their technic for securing bodies by a quicker route than digging them up is almost unique in the history of crime. With their records as the main feature of the story, Dr. Ball gives a fine picture of anatomic study in the early part of the nineteenth century and reveals as well something of the social situation in England which could permit such a possibility to exist as long as it did. The book is well printed, exceptional for its illustrations, well documented and quite readable.
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1929.02710120055030
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1929.02710120055030
ER  -