The Beauty of Anatomy S1 E4 - The Hunter Brothers

The Beauty of Anatomy

The Beauty of Anatomy S1 E4 - The Hunter Brothers
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Dr Adam Rutherford investigates the story of the Hunter brothers, the celebrated anatomists who controversially transformed both medicine and art in 18th-century Britain.Their belief that their students could only learn anatomy by carrying out dissections created an unprecedented demand for dead bodies and a market for the growing trade of body-snatching from graveyards.