David Levinson
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David Levinson is a cultural anthropologist specializing in global issues. He contributed an article on âBody Snatchingâ to SAGE Publicationsâ Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment (2002), and a version of this article was used for his Britannica entry on this topic.
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Body snatching, the illicit removal of corpses from graves or morgues during the 18th and 19th centuries. Cadavers thus obtained were typically sold to medical schools for use in the study of anatomy. In his The Devilâs Dictionary, the acerbic lexicographer Ambrose Bierce defined a body snatcher asâŠ
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