This chapter explores the historical context of how doctors in 1788 obtained bodies for dissection, highlighting the challenges posed by religious beliefs and societal norms.
Modern medicine had to start somewhere, right? And where it started ain’t too pretty. In order to study the inside of the body, bodies had to be dissected. And where did medical students and doctors get bodies to dissect in 1788? They stole ‘em from the cemetery, silly. Today, Bailey tells the wild story of the 1788 Doctor’s Riots.
