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Mortsafe — Mortsafes at a church yard in Logierait, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Mortsafes were contraptions designed to protect the bodies of the dead from disturbance. There had been body snatching close to the schools of anatomy in Scotland since the… … Wikipedia
Body-snatching — was the secret disinterment of bodies from churchyards to sell them for dissection or anatomy lectures in medical schools. Those who practised body snatching or grave robbing were often called resurrectionists or resurrection men. [1911] Body… … Wikipedia
Skene Parish Church — is a congregation of the Church of Scotland at Skene, in the Presbytery of Gordon. The parish has two places of worship, Skene Church at Kirkton of Skene and Trinity Church at Westhill. The current minister is Rev. Iain U. Thomson.The earliest… … Wikipedia
Greyfriars Kirkyard — is the graveyard surrounding Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is in the hands of a separate trust from the church. For many people, the graveyard is associated primarily with Greyfriars Bobby, the loyal dog who guarded his master s… … Wikipedia
East Mersea — Coordinates: 51°47′45″N 0°59′09″E / 51.79570°N 0.98595°E / 51.79570; 0.98595 … Wikipedia
Robo de cuerpos — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El robo de cuerpos de Gustave Doré. El robo de cuerpos era el desenterramiento de cadáveres de cementerios para venderlos para disecciones o clases de anatomía en las escuelas de medicina. Quienes practicaba … Wikipedia Español
