Citation

Kennedy SS, McLeod KJ, McDonald SW. Scott. Med. J. 2001; 46(1): 20-24.

Affiliation

Laboratory of Human Anatomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G128QQ.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Royal Society of Medicine Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11310358

Abstract

Between 1752 and 1832, the bodies of hanged murderers were dissected or gibbeted. During this period, 38 murderers were executed in the West of Scotland. The bodies of at least 23 were dissected in Glasgow. The stories of these murders are recounted. Insight is also given into the attitudes of the public and the anatomists to dissection of executed murderers.

Language: en