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Useful bodies: anatomical Fellows in the late 18th century
Simon Chaplin, Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons
Private anatomy teaching flourished in London in the second half of the 18th century. Many of its leading proponents were also Fellows of the Royal Society. This talk explores some of their stories, and the role of the Society in providing a public sanction for the noisome business of private dissection.