In light of the conversation copied below, I thought you might find the
following interesting....
Katie
Tomb With A View
http://members.aol.com/TombView/twav.html
katydid579(a)aol.com
<<As those who attended the Glasgow conference may know, I am writing a
piece on the stealing body parts case. One of the claims made by the
Royal College of Surgeons' witnesses and Inspector of Anatomy was that
the Royal College was a burial ground. I have recently been told that
some other museums containing anatomical specimens (a) are or are
regarded as or are believed to be burial grounds and (b) have been
consecrated to that end.
Can anyone tell me of any particular museums of which this is true? I
would like to hear of museums both consecrated and unconsecrated.
--
Stephen White (whitesr(a)srgw.demon.co.uk)
16 Tymynydd Close Visiting Lecturer
Radyr Cardiff Law School
Cardiff CF4 8AS University of Wales
Wales, U.K. Museum Avenue
01222 842453 Cardiff CF1 1XD
Wales, U.K.
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In a message dated 99-02-03 18:18:09 EST,
LawOfficeInformationSystem(a)worldnet.att.net writes:
<< >> Frankly, I don't think we have a snowball's chance in hell of
getting
the
> University to respond with any sort of meaningful disclosure.
Jeanie in Southwest Texas then wrote:
What if a descendant initiated a lawsuit that claimed something like --
"Those
bones belong to me because everything that belonged to my ancestor
belongs
to
his/her heirs and I'm the only one here."?
I personally think keeping human remains in the lab ANYWHERE for an
indefinite
period of time is sick.
Frankly, I am intrigued by this idea. What if a descendant of the people
buried in Wilhoit Cemetery in Dubois Co. (the one moved for the convenience
of the property owners so they could build their house on the site), for
instance, sued for possession of those remains?
Boy, a civil action against the state could make them stand up and listen,
couldn't it? I wonder if this could even be possible. I would think that
such a descendant would have "standing" to bring such a claim, but I'm not
an attorney.
Anyone else have any thoughts on this idea?
Lois
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