Why would be dissected?

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2853, 21 March 1888, Page 3

Why would be dissected?

A medical student wrote to the Budget complaining of the in regard to their mortal remains which made people object to further the cause of science by having their bodies dissected after death, This foolish scruple on the part of persons, especially on the part of paupers, had, according to the student, the deplorable result of leaving the metropolitan medical schools without any "subjects." In reply to these statements, another writer gave details of his experiences of a London dissecting room, and most people would admit that these experiences furnish ample reasons to the London pauper for his strong objections to have his body fall into the hands of the students of an anatomical school. Omitting details, the final disposal of the bodies after the "study" is over, should be sufficient to create repugnance evejfcgn a pauper, Half a dozen subjects, iM, women and children, are usually under discussion at the Bame time. When the enquiring mind of science has been satisfied, the dismembered and dissected bodies are plac|d in a common heap. This heap is wi weighed out into quantities supped to correspond in weight with each body, Each separate portion of this miscellaneous pile is then placed in a workhouse shell; then, in the words of the writer, " round comes the hearse, and off go the "pieces" to the cemetery. Here the whole horrible business ends with the Church of England burial service."