The Diary of a Resurrectionist, 1811-1812 / To Which Are Added an Account of the Resurrection Men in London and a Short History of the Passing of the Anatomy Act

by James Blake Bailey

Footnotes:

[1] See Sketch of the Life of Robert Knox, by Henry Lonsdale (London, 1870); and The History of Burke and Hare and of the Resurrectionist Times, by George MacGregor (Glasgow, 1884).

[2] It may be interesting to mention that Albert Smith’s remuneration for these papers was five shillings per page of three columns.

[3] Annals of the Barber Surgeons, by Sidney Young, p. 317.

[4] South and D’Arcy Power, Memorials of the Craft of Surgery, p. 233, note.

[5] Young, loc. cit. p. 349.

[6] Academy, vol. vi. p. 208, 1874.

[7] For the portraits of Bishop and Williams see p. [112].

[8] Hospital Gazette, from Sep. 13, 1890, to March 7, 1891.

[9] This Committee was appointed by the House of Commons in 1828, to take evidence and report on the necessity of obtaining bodies for anatomical purposes. The work of the Committee is referred to at greater length on p. [102].