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The most common version of how the riot started is John Hicks, Jr. saw some boys outside the anatomy lab at the New York Hospital. He decided to hang an arm out the window and say,'This is your mother's arm. I just dug her up.' One of boys mom's had just died. They discovered her body missing, and the riot ensued.

— Aug 21, 2025 11:03AM

Doctors' Riot of 1788: Body Snatching, Bloodletting, and Anatomy in America

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— Aug 24, 2025 10:21AM

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After taking the body out, they would remove all the clothing and jewelry and replace it in the grave. For some reason, there were no laws in all of England or the colonies about stealing the body, but it was a felony to steal the physical property in the grave.

— Aug 22, 2025 02:02PM

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the joys of bloodletting :(

— Aug 22, 2025 01:33PM

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H
arvard's secret societ 'Spunker Club' founded in 1770 for people who just took that much pride or enjoyment in body snatching

— Aug 21, 2025 10:06AM

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Oh, guess I should have said body scene in Good Omens. Grave robbing is just stealing stuff from the grave, not the actual body.

— Aug 21, 2025 09:43AM

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Right now, I'm just imagining the grave robbing scene in Good Omens.