Inside the grisly practices of grave-robbing doctors
In April 1788, a medical student named John Hicks was dissecting a body at New York Hospital, then located on the corner of Broadway and Pearl Street. According to legend, a group of local children gathered at the building’s window to gawk at the procedure. Annoyed at the intrusion, Hicks supposedly grabbed a severed limb… Read More: Inside the grisly practices of grave-robbing doctors »