@Natasha_Jay it dates back to the time of the resurrection men or body snatchers who robbed fresh graves to sell the cadavers to the hospital that trained new doctors.
@Natasha_Jay Apparently fairly common in Scotland in the 1800s 😳
The definition of Resurrectionists:
“Resurrectionists were body snatchers who were commonly employed by anatomists in the United Kingdom during the 18th and 19th centuries to exhume the bodies of the recently dead.”
@Natasha_Jay@Aviva_Gary in previous centuries, freshly buried bodies were dug up for medical students to literally pick the bones and learn anatomy (today they have plastic skeletons and computers). These constructions were built to protect the contents (they seem to have been popular in Scotland which was then much more heavily religious)
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The post is a joke, but no I really didn't know what it was! I've had this happen quite a few times with a pic, and it's fun to find out more in the process... @vfrmedia