Scottish doctor Robert Knox who purchased cadavers for dissection from murderers William Burke and William Hare in Edinburgh, circa 1830.
Lithograph by Schenk of Dr Robert Knox . Knox, Scottish lecturer on anatomy, started his medical career as assistant army surgeon. He became...
The institute of anatomy at Surgeon's Square in 1829, with Dr Robert Knox's rooms , involved in the case of Burke and Hare, known as West Port...
Scottish surgeon and anatomist Dr Robert Knox , circa 1840. The head of Barclay's anatomy school in Edinburgh, his career was damaged by his...
The case of serial killers William Burke and William Hare, Dr. Robert Knox giving a lecture, drawing by Edward Forbes, 1829. Britain, 19th century.