#onthisday Glanmore Presents Historic Bad Ideas- Body Snatching, secretly removing bodies of the recently deceased, usually for medical study. Although it was taboo, it wasn't technically illegal prior to 1788. Body snatchers would exhume a body and strip it of clothes. Curiously, they could be charged with theft for taking a shroud or clothes, but no one "owned" bodies. In the 1800s the number of medical schools and students increased greatly and with that increase came greater demand for cadavers. Resurrectionists could make an incredible profit, but faced jail time or perhaps a beating from irate family members. #nopestalgia #museum #museumtok #victorian #victoriantiktok #history #historytok #victorianmedicinalpainmedication ianera #victorianaesthetic #victorianmedicine #victorianfashion #victorianhouse #quinteareamuseums #quinte #bellevilleontario #discoverbelleville #southeasternontario #glanmore