MUTILATING DEAD BODIES.
DR. SMITH ON HIS DEFENCE. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. ADELAIDE, September 18. Dr. Ramsay Smith, under examination, said that during his connection with the hospital ii had been the rule to hold a post-mortem on every dead body that ; t was possible to operate on, and take specimens. The only exceptions were when the consent of the relatives were withheld. Every doctor took specimens. The Government was aware of this, and amongst others who got specimens from him was the Chief Secretary, who had forwarded a request from the Imperial Government for a specimen for cancer research. He believed he was acting lawfully in everything ho did, and denied that there was any foundation for the charges of wantonness, impropriety, and mutilation in dealing with the bodies.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11692, 19 September 1903, Page 8
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