: Legislation at the time restricted the legal supply of cadavers to executed criminals, which was insufficient for the growing number of medical students.
: The story follows a medical student named Fettes who is tasked with receiving bodies for his professor. He eventually recognizes one of the "donations" as a man named Gray, whom he had seen alive and well just hours before. Body Snatchers
Published in 1884, this Gothic short story was directly inspired by the Burke and Hare murders. : Legislation at the time restricted the legal