The Anatomists

TV Show (2002 - 2005)

As the controversial artwork of German anatomist Prof Gunther Von Hagens is about to be put on public show in London, this documentary reveals the macabre history of human vivisectionists, from the ancient practices of the Greeks to the grave robbers of Victorian Britain. While these often morbid acts are considered abhorrent by many, they helped to lay the foundations of modern medicine

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Latest Episodes

  • Season 1 Episode 4: True Showman
  • Season 1 Episode 3: A Modern Frankenstein

    The third and final documentary investigating the macabre history of human dissection focuses on the controversial work of Gunther Von Hagens. The German professor of anatomy toured the world with his exhibition of flayed and dissected corpses, and the programme considers whether his studies are simply desecration, as religious leaders suggest, or the valid work of a talented scientist

  • Season 1 Episode 2: The Body Snatchers

    The sinister history of body-snatching in 18th-century England, which provided surgeons with fresh corpses on which to practise their research. Grave-robbing became so widespread that cemeteries had to be protected by night-watchmen and an assortment of booby traps, prompting infamous Edinburgh duo Burke and Hare to commit murder and sell their victims' cadavers to an anatomy school

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