Selling them on the grey market to universities and medical schools for research and to perform educational obductions.
In England at the beginning of the 19th century there was an estimated need of 500-1000 corpses per year that could not be met by legal sources. Easy money…
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Selling them on the grey market to universities and medical schools for research and to perform educational obductions.
In England at the beginning of the 19th century there was an estimated need of 500-1000 corpses per year that could not be met by legal sources. Easy money…
OK yeah I heard about this, but we’re talking about the Middle-Ages…
Good point.
You might start a discussion about that on the lychgate Wikipedia article discussion page.
There might be an inconsistency in the description.