<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel> <title> Comments on: Books Bound in Human Skin; Lampshade Myth? </title> <atom:link href="https://hlrecord.org/books-bound-in-human-skin-lampshade-myth/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://hlrecord.org/books-bound-in-human-skin-lampshade-myth/</link> <description>Independent at Harvard Law School Since 1946</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2015 23:15:48 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <item> <title> By: RW </title> <link>https://hlrecord.org/books-bound-in-human-skin-lampshade-myth/#comment-8036</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[RW]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2015 23:15:48 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://hlrecord.org/?p=12516#comment-8036</guid> <description><![CDATA[In the 19th century cadavers used for medical school dissections came from 3 sources: 1. executed criminals, 2. indigent and/or unidentified people, 3. grave-robbing. It was rare for people to consent even to autopsies (of themselves or relatives) due to the widespread religious belief in bodily resurrection at judgement day. Leaving one's body to "science" was extremely rare, and if an eccentric wanted to do so, it would most likely be because he or she knew and trusted a specific doctor or scientist, and wanted to advance his research in particular. I would be very surprised if there were a single documented case of a body voluntarily willed to a medical school in the 19th century.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the 19th century cadavers used for medical school dissections came from 3 sources: 1. executed criminals, 2. indigent and/or unidentified people, 3. grave-robbing. </p> <p>It was rare for people to consent even to autopsies (of themselves or relatives) due to the widespread religious belief in bodily resurrection at judgement day. Leaving one’s body to “science” was extremely rare, and if an eccentric wanted to do so, it would most likely be because he or she knew and trusted a specific doctor or scientist, and wanted to advance his research in particular. I would be very surprised if there were a single documented case of a body voluntarily willed to a medical school in the 19th century.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>