
Burke And Hare
(0.00 / 0 votes)Welcome to bonnie Scotland.
It is the year of Our Lord 1828.
And this is where I work,
the market square in Edinburgh,
our capital city.
They're calling this
the Scottish Enlightenment.
Enlightenment?
I mean,
look at the state ofthem.
looking to be enlightened
are the medical students.
They come to study
at the feet of our famous doctors.
Edinburgh is the medical capital
ofthe world.
Get yourselves
an education there, lads.
On one side ofthe city,
you have Barclay's School of Anatomy,
And that's run by the esteemed surgeon
Doctor Robert Knox.
Now some say that he's the finest
surgeon in all of Scotland.
All I can say about Doctor Knox
is that he dresses well.
Quite the dandy.
Ah, there's nothing like starting off
a new term with a fresh corpse.
-- Is there, Patterson?
-- Indeed, sir.
Today I think I shall commence
by removing the top ofthe cranium.
It will certainly give the freshmen
something to write home about.
And on the other side ofthe city...
you've got Scotland's
Royal College of Surgeons.
And that's run
He's...
how do you put it?
Old-school.
That would be an artery.
Anyway, you'll have to excuse me
for a wee moment, ladies and gentlemen.
It's... show time.
Maggie O'Donnell ofthe West Port,
also known as Mad Maggie.
You are convicted ofthe heinous crimes
of thievery,
prostitution, public drunkenness,
and a bad attitude.
Do you have anything to say
before you are consigned to hell?
Aye!
Only that I hope it's as hot down
there as they say it is!
You see, you can only teach anatomy
by cutting up people's bodies.
And the law ofthe land says
you can only cut up bodies
of people like Mad Maggie here,
the recently deceased.
So we sell them
to the highest bidder.
But now, Professor Monro,
the swine,
has used his influence
to pass a new city by law.
Where's the body, Angus?
But we had an arrangement.
Professor Monro at the Royal College
gets all the bodies now.
Now when the demand for
a certain commodity exceeds supply,
it creates a business opportunity
just waiting for the right kind
of clever entrepreneurs to step in.
Ladies and gentlemen, gather round!
Gather round!
My name is William Burke.
Like many of you,
my colleague Mr. Hare and I
came to this land looking for work.
We've dug canals, we've built roads,
we've started a new life.
But none of us has forgotten that
Emerald Isle from which we came.
That mystical land where a man--
- - Get to the bloody point, Willy.
- - Right, sorry.
In the County of Donegal,
on the highest, greenest slopes,
which any educated person will tell you
cures all known afflictions.
The smallest cut,
ladies and gentlemen,
can let in poisons from the earth
and the air,
and before you know it,
your very brain starts to boil.
But a touch ofthe moss from the hills
of Donegal, ladies and gentlemen,
and it's gone in a flash.
A boil appears.
You pay it no mind.
But suddenly there's a second!
And a third!
And before you know it,
the sufferings of Job are upon you!
A wart, madam.
Starts off small, doesn't it?
But without a touch ofthe moss,
it can grow as big as your head!
This is never moss.
It's cheese mould.
They're a pair of confidence men!
You bastards!
Fetch a constable!
Gentlemen!
Gentlemen, the Lord created
the heavens and the earth.
But His greatest work,
His most perfect creation is Man.
therefore,
is nothing less than a direct insight
into the mind of God.
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