Thought I would open this topic up, following on from a thread in the general discussion board, regarding the Secrets of the Workhouse programme last night on tv.
Apparently, from the Anatomy Act of 1832, to pay back the debt an inmate owed to society for care in life, sometimes their body was sent for vivisection and dissection for science, if the family could not afford to take the body away for burial.
Does anyone have any information about this and how a decision was made for a paupers burial by the workhouse or body going for science research? Thanks.
Amanda
Apparently, from the Anatomy Act of 1832, to pay back the debt an inmate owed to society for care in life, sometimes their body was sent for vivisection and dissection for science, if the family could not afford to take the body away for burial.
Does anyone have any information about this and how a decision was made for a paupers burial by the workhouse or body going for science research? Thanks.
Amanda
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