Show ody A class of offense which is happily unknown in these days bat which formed 1 ghastly feature in the crime of london sixty years ago was that of body snatching its adepts were known as resurrection men and f were as vilo R set of scoundrels as could be found in the metropolis there could have been no steamers stealers ste alers lofv human remains of course if thera bad been no receivers yet it utmost incredible that members of the medical profession of eiph gland ng should have had regular dealings with these ghouls so is was however and in the life of Si cooper written by his son csome remarkable details are given of the eminent surgeons transactions with resurrection men the doctors were occasionally done by the body snatchers snatch ers as perhaps they deserved to be A gentleman was knocked up in the middle of the night by a man who informed him that he had brought a subject the doctor paid a portion of the money demanded and told the man to cono the nest day for the balance but as he was going up to bed noises proceeded from the sack which revealed that the subject was a living one upon being spoken to he dedro ed that he had been put into the sack while drunk as a trick the real explanation of course was that he and the were in collusion and no doubt shared the money advanced in part payment it does not appear that the balance was ever claimed sir astley cooper once i made an unpleasant statement to a committee of the house of commons about body snatchers there is no person he said let his situation in life bo what it may whom if I 1 were disposed to dissect I 1 could not obtain it was all he added a question of money |