title: "Alas, poor Yorick!" The death of Laurence Sterne.
abstract: The life and death of Laurence Sterne are examined. Sterne's body was taken from his grave and soon after appeared for dissection in Cambridge. The teaching of anatomy, the activities of body snatchers and the passage of the 1832 Anatomy Act are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Green College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000193:education / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004210:Dissection / Q000266:history*; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history; D004739:England; D005197:Famous Persons; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D008093:Literature, Modern / Q000266:history*; D008297:Male; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000266:history