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Northstar1989 t1_jdfrsyz wrote
Reply to comment by dragracesssss in In the 1990s over 1,200 bones from roughly 15 bodies were found buried in Benjamin Franklin's London house, they are believed to be the remains from an anatomy school founded by an associate of Franklin's. by ffoboomstick
>we have 365 so
False.
206 bones in the human body.
Suggest correcting the post (saying the right #)
Herbacult t1_jdfrax0 wrote
Reply to comment by ffoboomstick in In the 1990s over 1,200 bones from roughly 15 bodies were found buried in Benjamin Franklin's London house, they are believed to be the remains from an anatomy school founded by an associate of Franklin's. by ffoboomstick
I’d like to take this opportunity to recommend the book Stiff by Mary Roach
Chairmanwowsaywhat t1_jdfpmmx wrote
Reply to comment by McWeaksauce91 in In the 1990s over 1,200 bones from roughly 15 bodies were found buried in Benjamin Franklin's London house, they are believed to be the remains from an anatomy school founded by an associate of Franklin's. by ffoboomstick
No but in the 1800s there was a trade for illegally obtained cadavers in britain. There's a film called burke and hare about it I think
KingoftheMongoose t1_jdfmcm2 wrote
Reply to comment by dragracesssss in In the 1990s over 1,200 bones from roughly 15 bodies were found buried in Benjamin Franklin's London house, they are believed to be the remains from an anatomy school founded by an associate of Franklin's. by ffoboomstick
And since the 1200 were from at least 15 people, that means that most likely they are at different levels of completeness. What really would be interesting, would be to read first hand written accounts of how that initial discussion took place to decide “Yep, just bring them over to my house; I know just the place.”
TotallyCaffeinated t1_jdflrkf wrote
Reply to comment by Rot_Snocket in We used DNA from Beethoven's hair to shed light on his poor health – and stumbled upon a family secret by egg_static5
No, it was that Ludwig van Beethoven himself wasn’t really a Beethoven. He didn’t have the Beethoven Y chromosome that all other Beethovens have.
dragracesssss t1_jdfjl7q wrote
Reply to In the 1990s over 1,200 bones from roughly 15 bodies were found buried in Benjamin Franklin's London house, they are believed to be the remains from an anatomy school founded by an associate of Franklin's. by ffoboomstick
Thats alot of bones but then I remembered we have 365 so that can be made up in about three and a half or so people.
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EDIT: I did my math wrong and I forgot how many bones we have (I'm a psych/history major, not bio and math) so its more about six people.
DingyWarehouse t1_jdf6wqz wrote
Reply to comment by Rot_Snocket in We used DNA from Beethoven's hair to shed light on his poor health – and stumbled upon a family secret by egg_static5
Makes you wonder how many people we think of as our ancestors actually aren't
CofaDawg t1_jdfstk3 wrote
Reply to comment by McWeaksauce91 in In the 1990s over 1,200 bones from roughly 15 bodies were found buried in Benjamin Franklin's London house, they are believed to be the remains from an anatomy school founded by an associate of Franklin's. by ffoboomstick
1st year med student who has anatomy lab chiming in here.
Today, I removed the entire GI tract.