A Famine of Cadavers: Indianapolis Graverobbing in 1902

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dc.contributor.authorFlook, Chris
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-25T14:34:52Z
dc.date.available2023-09-25T14:34:52Z
dc.date.issued2023-09-22
dc.description.abstractPresentation slides for lecture delivered by Chris Flook (Public Historian; Senior Lecturer of Media, Ball State University) on September 22, 2023. In fall of 1902, Indianapolis police detectives uncovered a massive graverobbing ring. That summer, ghoulish body snatchers had plundered Marion County cemeteries for fresh corpses and sold them to medical colleges as cadavers. This presentation, based on Flook’s book, "Indianapolis Graverobbing: A Syndicate of Death," explores this history, the state’s anatomy laws at the time, and the trials of those involved. Presentation recording available online: https://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/media/237h73x38q
dc.description.sponsorshipThis event was sponsored by the John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society, IU School of Medicine History of Medicine Student Interest Group, IUPUI Medical Humanities & Health Studies Program, and the Ruth Lilly Medical Library.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/35764
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subjectHistory of Medicine
dc.subjectMedical Colleges
dc.subjectDead
dc.subjectCadavers
dc.subjectBody Snatching
dc.subjectIndiana
dc.subjectHuman Anatomy
dc.titleA Famine of Cadavers: Indianapolis Graverobbing in 1902
dc.typePresentation
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