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The Dissection of Jeremy Bentham

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The remains of Jeremy Bentham reside in a discreet cloister at London
University. He died in 1832, having arranged to have his own corpse dissected. Historian Ruth Richardson explores the difficulties which beset 19th-century medical research and prompted his remarkable act. Producer Virginia Crompton

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Jeremy Bentham
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Ruth Richardson
Producer:
Virginia Crompton
Source: Radio Times

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