human dissection

  • How Infant Corpses Became Prized Medical Specimens

    How Infant Corpses Became Prized Medical Specimens

    It’s a well-known fact that the cadavers of adult men were utilised in medical research and for educational purposes in the 18th and 19th centuries. However, a new anthropological study from the University of Cambridge offers fascinating details about another common, but poorly-documented, area of human medical history.