MDMD 'Resurected' & "they pay you money"

Terrance lycidas2 at earthlink.net
Mon Sep 17 12:26:55 CDT 2001


Resurrection times spanned some eighty years between  
approximately 1750 and 1832 when the passage of the
Warburton Anatomy Act  brought an end to the period. During
resurrection times and especially during the  latter thirty
years of the era citizens living in the major cities of the
realm suffered   from the very real fear that no sooner than
their friends and relatives were buried  they were
'resurrected' by thieves termed sack-em-up gentlemen, body
snatchers,  ghouls, or resurrection men to be sold to the
highest bidder (Montgomery, 1989).

Those who paid for these things were not Frankensteins, but
surgeons, medical   school administrators, and teachers and
students of anatomy. Rural churchyards   were not immune
from this threat- if they happened to be located near a
medical school. The police were subtly encouraged to look
the other way and could offer little protection. The
motive behind such monstrous acts lay originally in  
humanitarian concerns because subjects were needed for
scientific reasons. But  towards the end of resurrection
times the motive became one less noble- profit.
In some cases profit drove body snatchers to
murder. The phenomenon was not confined to Great
Britain. The young American   colonies suffered the
attentions of resurrection men.

And "our Savior" ? How does a Christian reconcile these
"resurrections" of the spirit in the body and soul for
profit?



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