After more than 200 years of being on public display, the 7-foot, 7-inch (2.31-meter) tall skeleton of 'Irish giant' Charles Byrne is being removed as an exhibit from the Hunterian Museum in London.
benign tumorThe showcasing of his skeleton has always been controversial – not least because the man himself was on record dreading such a fate, indicating he wanting to be buried at sea – to put his remains well out of reach of the notorious curator of medical oddities, John Hunter.
By the age of 22, however, his health was quickly deteriorating. He died in 1783, and was keen that his body not be taken by anatomists – particularly by the surgeon John Hunter. Hunter was well known for collecting unusual specimens for display, and had already approached and been turned down by Byrne.
Among those asking for a rethink in recent years were Len Doyal, a professor of medical ethics at the University of London, and Thomas Muinzer, a lawyer at the University of Aberdeen. While the museum and its owners aren't exactly doing what Byrne originally wished, they are at least removing the skeleton as a public spectacle. From now on, only medical researchers will be able to view it.
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