Perhaps if I learned how to read better I'd find the download link sooner! Sorry about that; I guess I was in the habit of clicking on a non-title sort of link.

A pretty grizzly story, in a good CBSRMT sort of way. I'm going to check out the Stevenson original since it comes highly recommended.

So, was this standard practice in the 19th century? Did most/all medical students need to practice body procurement as well? While I'd thought that the practice was wide-spread, I didn't think that it was overly common amongst the students themselves.

An unconnected thought here: I've read that following WWI, that scientists made the first large strides in understanding the physical structure and purposes of the human brain . . . by studying the soldiers who'd survived head injuries. Thousands of them; then corrolating their symptoms to the area of the brain that was injured. No dead bodies really needed; no vivisection; thank god for war!

Stevenson was a heck of a writer, eh? Does anyone know how many of his tales were adapted by RMT?