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The Hunter Brothers

Dr Adam Rutherford investigates the story of the Hunter brothers, the celebrated anatomists who controversially transformed both medicine and art in 18th-century Britain. Their belief that their students could only learn anatomy by carrying out dissections created an unprecedented demand for dead bodies and a market for the growing trade of body-snatching from graveyards.

English
  • Originally Aired September 3, 2014
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Network BBC Four
  • Created September 11, 2014 by
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