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The past, and future, of anatomy education

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It was a scandal last summer when the public learned that bodies donated to Harvard Medical School had been stolen and sold. But go back a few hundred years, grave robbing and mistreating cadavers were commonplace at medical schools.

WBUR's Ally Jarmanning talks to historians bringing light to medical education's dark past, and professors advocating for more respect for the dead.

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Ally is a senior reporter focused on criminal justice and police accountability.

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