Body Snatcher

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Body Snatcher

A person who illegally removes a dead body from a grave or vault, usually for profit. The practice was common in the 19th century due to demand for cadavers for medical students studying human anatomy

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No references found			Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956, 12, Universal Directed by Don Siegel Walter Wanger (1894-1968), one of Hollywood's most respected producers, was down on his luck in the mid-1950s. DVD club by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk 00 Paperback PS3556 Novelist and short story writer Jack Finney (1911-1995) was best known for his science fiction and thrillers, most notably The Body Snatchers (the basis for the 1956 movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers) and Time and Again. Stealing through time; on the writings of Jack Finney by Reference & Research Book News One of the highlights is a new show by the much lauded Ophaboom company who are presenting the funnier side of the infamous Edinburgh body snatchers Burke and Hare. Arts Diary: Goodies bag; Fabulous mix offered in Unity's new season ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			body mange Body Map body mass index body mechanics body mechanics performance body mechanics promotion body movement body note Body Odor body odors, fear of Body Odour body of Retzius body of stomach Body Packer Body Packing Body Part Exercise body piercing body plethysmograph body position body positioning: self-initiated body righting reflex Body Rocking body scheme Body Sculpt body sculpting Body Snatcher Body Snatching body stalk Body Stuffer body substance isolation body surface area body systems model body temperature body type body unity body-brush body-fold dermatitis Body-Mind Centering body-scheme disorder body-section radiography body-section technique body-weight ratio body/mind body/mind/spirit bodywork Boeck's disease Boeck's sarcoid Boer Boerhaave Boerhaave syndrome Boerhaave's syndrome			body sense Body Sensor Networks body servant Body shame Body shame Body shame Body shame Body Shape Questionnaire body shield body shields body shields body shields body shields body shields body shirt body shop body shop Body Shop International Body shopping Body shopping Body shopping Body Shops Body Shops Body Side Moulding Body size (handwriting) Body size (handwriting) body sling body sling body sling body sling Body Snatcher Body snatching Body snatching body stalk body stalk body stalk body stalk body stocking body stockings body structure Body Stuffer body substance Body substance isolation Body substance isolation body suit Body surface area Body surface area body surface area (BSA) body surface area (BSA) body surface area (BSA) body surface area (BSA) body surface area (BSA) Body Surface Area Burn Body Surface Laplacian Map Body Surface Map Body Surface Potential Mapping body swerve body swerves body systems model Body temp Body temp

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