Feltoe, C. L. Memorials of John Flint South. 12mo. London, 1884.

MacGregor, George. The History of Burke and Hare, and of the Resurrectionist Times. 8vo. Glasgow, 1884.

There is a large mass of literature relating to Burke and Hare and their trial and execution: this is well summed up in Mr. MacGregor’s book.

Cameron, Sir C. A. History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and of the Irish Schools of Medicine. 8vo. Dublin, 1886.

INDEX

Abernethy (John), body sold to, [173].
Advertisements of Lectures on Anatomy, [41-42].
America, supply of bodies in, [122].
Anatomical Schools, establishment of, [41].
history of, by D’Arcy Power, referred to, [43].
Anatomists, charges against, of receiving murdered bodies, [56].
fined for teaching, [18].
form an Anatomical Club, [50].

Anatomy, Committee on, appointment of, [30].
evidence before, [15].
report of, [102].
referred to, [vii].
inspectors of, appointed, [116].
knowledge of, necessary for surgeons, [14].
lectures on, advertisements of, [41-42].
teaching of, confined to Company of Barbers and Surgeons, [17].

Anatomy Act, passing and provisions of, [113-117].

Anatomy Bill, 1829, introduction of, [103].
opposition to, [105].
Arnold (Will.), execution of, [23].
Arnot (W.) at Hatton Garden, for body-snatching, [92].
Arsenic, poisoning by, [ix].
“Artichoke” public-house, mentioned. See [Diary], passim.
Austria, supply of bodies in, [120].
Austrian Archdukes obtain Butler’s release, [132].
Barber-Surgeons. See [Company of Barbers and Surgeons].
Beaman, post mortem of the Italian boy, [57].
Bell, Sir Charles, body sold to, [142].
Bellingham, drawing of head of, referred to, [26].
Bentham, Jeremy, left his body for dissection, [33].
oration by Mr. Grainger over his body, [33].
Bermondsey, bodies obtained from. See [Diary], passim.
Bethnal Green, bodies obtained from. See [Diary], passim.
Bibliography of subject, [177].
Big Gates, bodies obtained from. See [Diary], passim.

Bishop and Williams, arrest and trial of, [107].
disposal of bodies of, [27].
drawings of heads of, [112].
execution of, [110].
“Black,” a, [173].
Black Crib, [140].
“Blue Lion” public-house. See [Diary], passim.
Blundell (William), trial of, at Warrington, [95].

Bodies, difficulties of obtaining, [44].
dissection of, in public, [100].
fatal effect of, [39].
for dissection supplied by students, [15].
left for anatomical purposes, [33-40].
offered for dissection after death, [39].
possession of stolen, decided to be felony, [98].
prices of, [71].
raised by competition of different schools, [47].
scarcity of, [13].
stolen by Resurrectionists from houses, [50].
from dead-house at Guy’s Hospital, [53].
whilst awaiting coroner’s inquest, [53].
supply of, in foreign countries, [118].
from provinces, [81].
from workhouses, [31].
suggestions in newspapers, [31].
See also [Country]; [Edinburgh].
temporary shelter for, [65].
of malefactors given to Company of Barbers and Surgeons, [19].
difficulty of obtaining from Tyburn, [20].
of murderers to be given up to Surgeons’ Company, [21].
dissected at College of Surgeons, [22].
account of proceedings at dissection, by T. M. Stone, [28].
conveyed through streets, [23].
dissection of, an obstacle to passing the Anatomy Act, [30].
Boys (Mr.) wishes his body to be made into “essential salts,” [38].
Bridgman’s patent coffin, [76].
illustration of, [78].
Brookes (Joshua), advertisement of Lectures, [42].
badly treated by resurrection-men, [45].
bodies sold to. See [Diary], passim.
Bunhill Row, bodies obtained from. See [Diary], passim.

Burial-grounds, custodians of, bribed by Resurrectionists, [58].
precautions for watching, [72].
protection of, [75].
Burke and Hare, referred to, [v.], [viii].
Burking, by means of snuff, [ix].
meaning of, [viii].
panic from fear of, [vii].
Butler, biographical notice of, [132].
See also [Diary], passim.
Cameron (Sir C.) History of Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, referred to, [87].
Carpue (J. C.), caricature of, [98].
mentioned in Diary, [141].
refuses to buy body of Italian boy, [109].
Chandler (George), provides building for dissecting murderers, [24].
Chapman (Israel), Jew Resurrectionist, [166].
Cheselden (William) summoned before Court of Barber-Surgeons for teaching anatomy, [18].
Chiene (Prof.), referred to, [xii].
Clarke (—), imprisoned for stealing body of child, [51].
Clarke (J. F.), on post mortem of the Italian boy, [56].
Clift (W. and W. H.). Drawings of heads of murderers, [26].
Cline (H.), mentioned in Diary, [139].
Coffins, Bridgman’s patent, [76].
illustrations of, [78].
mentioned by Southey, [78].
Coke (Lord), on property in a dead body, [90].
Committee on Anatomy. See [Anatomy].

Company of Barbers and Surgeons to have bodies of malefactors, [19].
advertisement of dissection, [21].
anatomical teaching by, [17].
Connolly, mentioned in Diary. See [Diary], passim.
Cooper (Sir Astley), evidence before Anatomy Committee, [15].
payments to Resurrectionists, [48], [49].
purchase of bodies, [40], [149].
life of. See [Cooper (B. B.)].

Cooper (Bransby B.), life of Sir Astley Cooper, referred to, [vi.], [vii.], [125].
notices of Resurrectionists, [128].
Corporation of Surgeons, required knowledge of anatomy in students, [14].
to have bodies of murderers, [21].
end of, [22].

Country, bodies sent to, [148], [150], [154].
Craigie (Dr.), Inspector of Anatomy, [117].
Crail, house for securing the dead, [80].
Crouch (Ben), biographical notice of, [128].
See also [Diary], passim.
Crowe (Mrs.). Light and Darkness, resurrection-man in, [17].
Cundick (George). See [Rex v. Cundick].
Deane (John), fined for teaching anatomy, [18].
Dermott (G. D.), proposal by, for raising fund to purchase bodies, [32].

Diary of a Resurrectionist, description and authorship of, [124].
fac-simile of page of, [138].
history of, [v].
reprinted, [139].
Dickens (Charles). Mr. Cruncher in Tale of Two Cities, [17].
Dissection. See [Bodies].
Dublin, burial-grounds of, [87].
Dundee, protection of grave at, [79].
Dunn (Francis), execution of, [23].

Edinburgh, bodies sent to, [142], [143], [145], [148], [175], [176].
Greyfriars Churchyard, mortsafes in, [76].
illustrations of, [41], [74], [76].
Edwards (D.). Post mortem of the Italian boy, [57].
Fairclough (Jane), prosecution of Davies and others for stealing her body, [95].
Fat, graves rifled for, [88].

Ferrari (Carlo), murder of, [109].
post mortem of, [56].
Ferrers (Earl), execution of, [27].
Fiction, body-snatchers in, [17].
Finishing money, [48].
Flemish, the, bodies obtained from. See [Diary], passim.
Forster (Mr.), post mortem on Messenger Monsey, [37].
Frampton (Dr.), bodies sold to. See [Diary], passim.
France, supply of bodies in, [119].
Germany, supply of bodies in, [120].
Glasnevin Churchyard, riot in, [73].
Glennon, the police officer, presented with silver staff, [46].
recovered stolen bodies, [50].
Goswell Street, bodies obtained from, [152].
Grainger (R. D.), payments to resurrection-men, [48].
oration over body of Jeremy Bentham, [33].
refuses to buy body of Italian boy, [109].
Graves, protection of, [75], [79], [80].
See also [Burial-grounds].
Green Churchyard, [140].
Guthrie, referred to, [14].
Guy’s Hospital, bodies stolen from dead-house, [53].
mentioned in Diary. See [Diary], passim.
Hall (Edward), trial of, at Warrington, [95].

Harnell (P.), a Resurrectionist, [133].
Harnett (Bill), biographical notice of, [130].
See also [Diary], passim.
Harnett (Jack), biographical notice of, [131].
See also [Diary], passim.
Harnige. See [Hornig].
Harpers. See [Diary], passim.
Hawkins (Cæsar), advertisement of Lectures, [42].
Head. See [Bishop and Williams].
Henderson, of Greenock, punished for shipping bodies from Liverpool, [87].
Hill, porter at King’s College, [108].
Holland, supply of bodies in, [122].
Holliss, biographical notice of, [134].
Holmes (Mrs. Basil). Burial-grounds of London, quoted, [138], [140].

Holmes (John) and Peter Williams, convicted of robbery from grave, [59].

Hornig, or Harnige, mentioned in Diary, [145], [147].
Hullock (Baron), summing up in trial of Davies and others, [97].
Hutton (Jack) mentioned. See [Diary], passim.
Inspectors of Anatomy, appointment, [116].
Ireland, supply of bodies from, [87].
Iron coffin, [76].
illustration of, [78].
Italian boy, the. See [Ferrari (Carlo)].
Italy, supply of bodies in, [121].
Lambert, mentioned in Diary, [165].
Lancet, the, and the Anatomy Bill, [105].
Large small, meaning of, [71].
Law relating to body-snatching, [90].
Lawrence (Sir W.), on anatomical teaching abroad, [118].
Lee (Edward), execution, &c., of, [93].
Light (Tom), biographical notice of, [132].
at Hatton Garden, for body-snatching, [92].
See also [Diary], passim.
Lincoln’s Inn Fields, bodies of murderers conveyed to, [23].
Liverpool, bodies shipped as “bitter salts,” [82].
London Hospital, mentioned in Diary. See [Diary], passim.
Longmore (Sir Thomas), obtained Diary, and presented it to Royal College of Surgeons, [vi.], [124].
Lynn. See [Rex v. Lynn].
Lytton (Lord). Lucretia, resurrection-man in, [17].
Macaulay, Alderman, extract from diary of, [23].
Macintire (John) buried alive, and rescued by resurrection-men, [65].
May (James), arrest and trial of, [107].
respite and death of, [110].
verse by, [110].
biographical notice of, [112].
Mayo (H.), post mortem of the Italian boy, [57].
Millard (W.), account of, [162], [163].
Mills (Mr.), buys teeth of Italian boy, [109].
Moir (D. M.). Mansie Wauch, refers to body-snatching, [17].
Monsey (Messenger), post mortem on, [36].
Moon, full, interfered with Resurrectionists, [124].
Mordecai, the Jew, [72], [140].
Mortsafes in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh, [76].
illustrations of, [41], [74], [76].
Moss (Dr.) of Warrington, [96].
“Muddle (Jasper), Confessions of” (by Albert Smith), [17].
Murderers, dissection of, agitation against, [99].
repealed, [115].
drawings of heads of, [26].
Murphy, stealing teeth, [71].
Murray (Sir James), Inspector of Anatomy, [117].
Naples (Joseph), biographical notice of, [136].
method of working, [64].
writer of Diary, [127].
Newington, bodies obtained from. See [Diary], passim.
Nicholls (Fr.), advertisement of Lectures, [42].
Nourse (Edward), advertisement of Lectures, [41].
Paris, supply of bodies in, [119].
Partridge (Richard), arrest of Bishop and Williams, [108].
body of Bishop given to, [28].
post mortem of the Italian boy, [57].
Patrick, a Resurrectionist, [133].
Patterson (G. S.) referred to, [15].
Pigburn (Fanny), murder of, by Bishop and Williams, [109].
“Plough” public-house, [175].
Portugal, supply of bodies in, [122].
Pott (Percivall), Lectures on Surgery, [42].
Power (D’Arcy), History of Anatomical Schools, referred to, [43].
See [South (J. F.).]

Prosecutions for Body-snatching, [90].
Provincial schools, supply of, [81].
Redmond, Luke, murder of, [87].
Resurrectionists, biographical notices of, [128].
cost of keeping families of, whilst the men were in gaol, [48].
damage done to subjects purchased from rivals, [45], [49].
demand finishing money, [48].
earnings of, [71], [72].
end of, [117].
first appearance of, [13].
in fiction, [16].
modus operandi of, [61].
as described in Memoir of Thomas Wakley, [61].
improbability of this method, [63].
modus operandi of Naples, [64].
number of bodies obtained by, [60], [69].
origin of, [44].
popular feeling against, [69], [113].
sources of information respecting, [vii].
See also [Diary, Prosecutions].

Rex v. Cundick, [93].

Rex v. Lynn, [90].
“Rockingham Arms” public-house. See [Diary], passim.
Rolph (Mary), body of, exhumed, [142].
Ross, Elizabeth, the “Burker,” [viii].
Rowlandson’s “Dissecting-room.” [Frontispiece].
Royal College of Surgeons, examinations of, [15].
foundation of, [22].
obliged to dissect bodies of murderers, [22], [26].
opposition to Bill of, on account of distance of new building from Newgate, [23].
proceedings for obtaining premises near Newgate, [24].
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, mentioned. See [Diary], passim.
St. George’s, Bloomsbury, robbery from graveyard of, [59].
See also [Diary], passim.
St. James’, bodies obtained from. See [Diary], passim.
St. John’s, bodies obtained from. See [Diary], passim.
St. Luke’s burial-ground, bodies obtained from. See [Diary], passim.
St. Olave and St. John, Southwark, burial-ground, [152].
St. Pancras, bodies obtained from. See [Diary], passim.
St. Thomas’, Charterhouse, [152].
St. Thomas’ Hospital, mentioned. See [Diary], passim.
Sergeant, Miss, Dr. Endicott’s Experiment, refers to body-snatching, [17].
Sheriffs of London, letter from, as to bodies of Bishop and Williams, [28].
Shields, porter to Bishop and Williams, [113].
Smalls, meaning of, [71].
Smith (Albert), “Confessions of Jasper Muddle, Dissecting-room Porter,” [17], [130].
Society of Apothecaries, did not require attendance at dissection, [14].
Somerville (James C.), effects on students of want of subjects, [48].
Inspector of Anatomy, [117].

South (J. F.) and D’Arcy Power, Memorials of the Craft of Surgery, quoted, [19].
Southey (R.), The Surgeon’s Warning, [78], [88].
Spelling (—), at Hatton Garden for body-snatching, [92].
Stanley (E.), bodies sold to. See [Diary], passim.
Stone (T. Madden), account of dissection at College of Surgeons, [28].
letter on body-snatchers, [125].
Students, knowledge of anatomy necessary for. See [Anatomy].
Subjects for dissection. See [Bodies].
Taunton (Mr.), bodies sold to. See [Diary], passim.
Teeth, trade in, by Resurrectionists, [71], [167].
Tottenham, bodies obtained from. See [Diary], passim.
Trance, man buried during, and rescued by resurrection-men, [65].
Trials for body-snatching. See [Prosecutions].
Tuson, refuses to buy body of Italian boy, [109].
Twyford (Mr.), statement as to number of prosecutions at Worship St., [92].
Tyburn, bodies taken from, [20].
Ure (Nat.), mentioned, [154].
Veitch (A. D.), on Wilson’s supposed Burking, [viii].
Vickers (Mr.), mentioned in [Diary], passim.
Walsh, Catherine, murder of, [viii].
Warburton’s Act. See [Anatomy Bill] and [Anatomy Act].
Warren (Samuel), Diary of a late Physician, quoted, [15].
Warrington, prosecution of John Davies and others at, [95].
Wetherfield (Mr.), post mortem of the Italian boy, [57].
“White Horse” public-house. See [Diary], passim.
Whitechapel, bodies obtained from. See [Diary], passim.
Williams, and illicit trade in glass, [112].
See also [Bishop and Williams].
Williams (Peter). See [Holmes (John)].
Wilson (James), bodies sold to. See [Diary], passim.
Wilson (John), “Burking by means of snuff,” [ix].
Wood (Mr.), death of, from seeing a body dissected, [39].
Workhouses, number of deaths in, [31].
Wortley, mentioned in Diary, [161].
Wygate or Wiegate, bodies obtained from. See [Diary], passim.
Yarmouth, body-snatching at, [81].
Young (Sidney), Annals of the Barber-Surgeons, quoted, [18], [20].

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