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The Dissection of Jeremy Bentham

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Jeremy Bentham 's corpse sits in a discreet cloister of London
University. He died in 1832, having arranged for his corpse to be dissected. Historian Ruth Richardson explores the world of body-snatching and medical research which prompted this remarkable political act. Producer Virginia Crompton Repeat

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