: Legislation at the time restricted the legal supply of cadavers to executed criminals, which was insufficient for the growing number of medical students.
Published in 1884, this Gothic short story was directly inspired by the Burke and Hare murders. Body Snatchers
The body snatchers: corpse and effect - University of Cambridge : Legislation at the time restricted the legal
: The most infamous case involved Burke and Hare in Edinburgh (1828), who shifted from exhumation to murder to meet the demand for "fresh" subjects. 2. Literary: Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Body Snatcher" Body Snatchers
: The story follows a medical student named Fettes who is tasked with receiving bodies for his professor. He eventually recognizes one of the "donations" as a man named Gray, whom he had seen alive and well just hours before.