Infant bodies were 'prized' by 19th century anatomists, study suggests
Thursday, June 30, 2016 - 18:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A new study of the University of Cambridge anatomy collection suggests that the bodies of foetuses and babies were a "prized source of knowledge" by British scientists of the 18th and 19th centuries, and were dissected more commonly than previously thought and quite differently to adult cadavers.