BBC - The Beauty of Anatomy (2014) Part 4 The Hunter Brothers

The Beauty of Anatomy

This Series in which Dr Adam Rutherford investigates the close relationship between discoveries in anatomy and the works of art that illustrate them. His previous TV series on cells and DNA showed his ability to convey complex concepts in an easily accessible style, which he deploys again here.

Part 4: The Hunter Brothers

Dr Adam Rutherford investigates the story of the two brilliant but controversial Hunter brothers, who transformed both medicine and art in 18th-century Britain. Their belief that students could only learn anatomy by carrying out dissections created an unprecedented demand for dead bodies - as well as a market for the growing trade of body-snatching from graveyards.

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