Article ID: CBB185950785

The Afterlife of Laurence Sterne (1713–1768): Body Snatching, Dissection and the Role of Cambridge Anatomist Charles Collignon (2016)

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This paper aims to highlight the practice of body snatching from graves in the 1700s for the purpose of providing corpses for anatomical dissection, and for stocking anatomy museums. To do this, we examine the exhumation and dissection of the famous eighteenth-century novelist Laurence Sterne and explore the involvement of Charles Collignon, Professor of Anatomy at the University of Cambridge. We also show that osteological and cut-mark analysis of a skull purported to be that of Sterne, currently housed in the Duckworth Collection at Cambridge, provides the key to solving the mystery surrounding why Sterne was resurrected.

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Authors & Contributors
Mitchell, Piers D.
Tafuri, Domenico
Bellis, Richard T.
Carlos H. Caracciolo
Carroll, Melissa A.
Vaccarezza, Mauro
Concepts
Anatomy
Dissection
Medicine
Human anatomy
Medical education and teaching
Science and art
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
17th century
16th century
Modern
Renaissance
Places
Italy
Great Britain
Bologna (Italy)
France
Padua (Italy)
England
Institutions
Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons
Reale Museo di Fisica e Storia Naturale di Firenze
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