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Burke and Hare suffocating Mrs Docherty for sale to Dr. Knox

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Burke and Hare suffocating Mrs Docherty for sale to Dr. Knox

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Burke and Hare suffocating Mrs Docherty for sale to Dr. Knox; satirizing Wellington and Peel extinguishing the Constitution for Catholic Emancipation.

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Keywords: Body-snatchers; Criminal; Murder; Resurrectionists; Criminals; Homicide; Robert Peel; Arthur Wellesley; William Burke; William Hare; Mrs Docherty; Robert Knox; William Heath

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References

Library reference: ICV No 11603
Photo number: L0019663
Full Bibliographic Record: http://catalogue.wellcomelibrary.org/record=b1160403

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