the Resurrection trade were virtually never prosecuted because authorities were aware of the limitations the law placed on the availability of cadavers for anatomy edu- cation and sympathized with the plight of the medical schools. There was the added concern that, as long as a lucrative trade in bodies existed, there would always be the temptation for criminals to secure sal- able product by committing murder –as in the celebrated case of Burke and Hare in Scotland in the 1820s – particularly where the freshness of cadavers fetched a pre- mium. Hypothetically, at least, the trade also provided a convenient and profitable means for murderers to do away with their victims and abortionists to dispose of their less successful treatments.12 Eventually, “emphasis shifted from pu- nitive legislation to the creation of laws that would make corpses available. An Act to Regulate and Facilitate the Study of Anatomy was passed in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in 1843 and later amended in 1883.”13 The Anatomy Act, in its various incarnations, allowed unclaimed bodies in government institutions to be turned over to the medi- cal schools and provided the legal means to compel public institutions to comply. As a result, The Canada Medical Record was able to report in 1884 that “all that was required to make body-snatching a thing of the past was to grant a legitimate sup- ply, and attach to the reception of a stolen body a heavy penalty.”14 • In Part 2 of The Body in Question – Dodging a Bullet – the Chiropractic Branch of Second World War veterans spearhead efforts to have CMCC officially recognized as a School of Anatomy before a crucial deadline. Also: Duckie Tales and the future of human dissection in anatomy education. It will appear in the July 2010 issue of Canadian Chiropractor magazine. References: 1. Barnes, Jonathan. Hellenistic Philosophy and Science. In Boardman, John; Grif- fin, Jasper; Murray, Oswyn (ed.) The Oxford History of the Classical World. Oxford University Press: New York, 1986: pp. 383-384. 2. Miller, Jonathon. The Body in Ques- tion. London: Jonathon Cape Ltd, 1978: p. 146. 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Savage-Smith, Emilie.”Attitudes Toward Dissection in Medieval Islam”, Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 1995, 50 (1): pp. 67-110. 4. O’Malley, C.D. Andreas Vesalius of Brus- sels, 1514-1564. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1964: pp. 181-183. 5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomy_ Lesson_of_Dr._Nicolaes_Tulp 6. Rembrandt, Art Classics. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2006: p. 80. 7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomy_ Lesson_of_Dr._Nicolaes_Tulp 8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ anatomy 9. Andermann, Anne. “Respect for the Dead,” The Left Atrium, CMAJ, 2007, 176 (12): pp.1738-1739. 10. MacGillivray, Royce. “Body-Snatching in Ontario,” CBMH/BCHM, 1988, 5: p. 52. 11. Ibid, pp. 53-54. 12. Ibid, pp. 58. 13. Francis, Deepa. “Bodysnatching in Canada,” The Left Atrium, CMAJ, 2001, 164(4): p. 530. 14. The Canada Medical Record, Montreal, March, 1884: p. 142. 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