“Ticketed spectators watched anatomists slice into the distended bellies of decomposing corpses, parts gushing forth not only human blood but also fetid pus. The lilting but incongruous notes of a flute sometimes accompanied the macabre demonstration. Public dissections were theatrical performances,” writes Dr.…
Source: Gizmodo – The Butchering Art: Victorian Medicine, From Blood-Caked Aprons and Body Snatching, to Antiseptic