Charles Byrne stood 7'7' and requested a burial at sea to avoid dissection, but a collector bribed someone to help him steal the body and replace it in the coffin.
Dr. Thomas Muinzer and academic Len Doyal for years have urged the college to honor Byrne’s wishes, and the pair praised the trustees’ decision while remaining concerned that the body will not go to sea but will remain in private holding. "We are delighted to hear the news that the battle that we and others have fought to have Charles Byrne’s skeleton removed from the Hunterian has finally been won," Muinzer and Doyal told The Journal.
The Hunterian Museum, at the Royal College of Surgeons. Display includes the skeleton of the Irish Giant. From "Illustrated London News," 1845, Vol VII. Artist Unknown. "It is entirely unclear what further research the Hunterian has in mind," the pair argued."Our suspicion is that the museum still wants medical students simply to see the skeleton in private, which again would go against Byrne’s documented wishes."
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