Download or read book The Resurrection Men written by Brian Bailey and published by . This book was released on 1991-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Body-snatchers - resurrection men - flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, particularly in London and Edinburgh, to provide medical students with a regular supply of cadavers from which to learn anatomy. Here is an account of this unique episode in British history.