The Court of Cacus; Or, The Story of Burke and Hare (Registro nro. 82481)
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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | RA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Leighton, Alexander, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1800-1874 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Court of Cacus; Or, The Story of Burke and Hare |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2012 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2012-12-17 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | E-text prepared by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "The Court of Cacus; Or, The Story of Burke and Hare" by Alexander Leighton is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The book illuminates the notorious tales of body snatching and medical malpractice in 19th-century Scotland, with a focus on the infamous pair, William Burke and William Hare, who became known for their grisly deeds. Through its vivid narrative, the work explores themes of morality, depravity, and the darker facets of human nature in pursuit of scientific advancement. At the start of the narrative, the atmosphere is set in Surgeon’s Square in Edinburgh during the autumn of 1827. The approach of a new and timid body-snatcher, who turns out to be William Burke, is detailed, as he encounters a student from Dr. Knox's class. This chance meeting foreshadows Burke's entry into the macabre trade of selling cadavers, a practice that thrived due to the growing demand in medical schools. The reader is introduced to the grim reality of body snatching, as Burke and the students engage in conversation about the value of human remains, and the narrative hints at the moral decay and desperate motivations that characterize the characters involved in this dark chapter of medical history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Note about original | Original publication data not identified |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Body snatching |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Burke, William, 1792-1829 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Hare, William, 1792?-1870? |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41642">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41642</a> |
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