[We occasionally update and republish our evergreen history articles. This article first appeared in the Courier in November 23, 2023
In the original version of the article we stated we had not found the outcome of the case. Since then we discovered a followup article published in the December 25, 1879 issue of the Columbus Daily Times. We’ve reprinted the text of that article in the last section below. If we find further information, we’ll continue to expand this article]
Throughout the early years of medical education, schools in need of cadavers would often resort to the illegal service of grave robbers, also called “body snatchers.”…