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[music]

>> Mhm.

>> Take the luggage from the back, please,

Robbie.

>> I will, miss. I will.

All right, Davie. I'll see to it.

Good evening.

>> Dr. Mitchell.

I hope you're better at diagnosing an

illness than you are at recognizing a

face.

>> Martha.

Oh, forgive me. You weren't expected

until next week.

>> I exercised a woman's privilege. I

changed my mind.

>> Woman indeed. And yet, 3 years ago

>> Was I really so awful 3 years ago?

>> Well, you were very young.

I know one thing, Martha.

You're very beautiful now.

>> Thank you.

How is the doctor?

>> Oh, he doesn't change. Brilliant,

aggressive, provocative, verbose as

ever.

But even he will be at a loss for words

when he sees his favorite niece.

>> Miracles, gentlemen,

are an apology for ignorance

and a retreat for fools.

You, men of medicine, are the modern

miracle makers.

To primitive man,

the human body was a miracle.

To us,

it is a structure of some 260 bones and

attendant glands, muscles, blood

vessels, nerves, organs, and tissues. A

complicated structure, I grant you,

but to us,

no longer a miracle.

And so today,

some of you become doctors in your own

right.

Masters

of anatomy.

I congratulate

You are entering the most honorable

profession in the world.

Sometimes too honorable.

If half my colleagues

pursued the study of disease

as strenuously as the honor

of knighthood, the country would be a

damn sight healthier place to live in.

But,

let me warn you.

Your studies do not end here.

As long as you face the challenge of

death, they never will end.

Remember also

that death is not only your enemy,

it is your friend.

Death is an incident producing clay.

Use it,

mold it,

learn from it.

And finally,

hearken to the words of Mr. Alexander

Pope,

"Know first thyself,

presume not God to scan.

The proper study of mankind

is man."

Yes, gentlemen, man, alive or dead.

>> [applause]

>> Excuse me, sir.

>> Yes, Mr. Jackson?

>> May I speak to you, sir?

>> Certainly.

>> Thank you, sir.

>> Well?

>> I was hoping to have graduated this

term, sir.

>> Not more than I, Mr. Jackson.

>> You'll tell me where I failed, won't

you, sir? I tried. I worked harder than

most. Tried to please you.

>> Please me indeed. You consider yourself

harshly treated?

>> No, sir.

>> Unjustly?

>> No, sir.

>> I will diagnose the cause of your

failure, Jackson. You are far too

emotional. Emotion is a drug that dulls

the intellect. You must learn to

approach the science of medicine with a

more clinical mind. Confine yourself to

the abstract. When you are capable of

doing that, then you will graduate with

honors.

>> Yes, sir.

>> Jackson?

>> Sir?

>> Are you short of money?

>> Oh,

sometimes it does get a bit difficult,

sir, but

>> I asked for a statement, not a

soliloquy. You could assist Davey to

treat the uh subjects.

You know what to do?

>> Yes, sir.

>> That'll put an extra guinea a month in

your pocket.

>> Thank you, sir. That's very generous of

you, sir.

>> Ah, Mitchell.

>> [snorts]

>> Well, another thirty wits doctors let

loose upon the unsuspecting populace.

>> Good

heavens.

My dear child.

>> Mitchell, we must write and thank Madame

Duclos for this this miracle.

>> I thought you didn't believe in them.

>> Oh, I do now. From a gawky long-legged

schoolgirl to this.

You look quite wonderful, my dear.

A tribute to French cooking.

I'm proud of you.

>> Thank you. And I'm grateful to you for

sending me to France.

>> Mitchell, we must drink a toast to

France. You're the man for a pretty

speech.

>> Oh, I can hardly compete with you, sir.

>> Would you call my speeches pretty?

Tell me, my dear, did you have a good

journey?

>> Wonderful.

>> Comfortable?

>> Excuse me, sir, there are two gentlemen

here with stiff.

>> I beg your pardon.

>> With the subject, sir.

>> Thank you.

>> Yes, sir.

>> Attend to this, will you? And don't wait

for me.

Tell him all about the broken heart you

left behind you in Paris.

Well,

are you going to tell me?

About the broken heart.

>> I trust your interest is purely

academic.

>> No.

>> Oh, it's wonderful to be home.

>> I hope you're not going to find

Edinburgh dull after Paris.

>> Should I?

>> Oh, it needn't be. It can be the most

romantic city in the world.

>> Then it has secrets I never dreamed of.

>> It has.

>> And will you show me these secrets, Dr.

Mitchell?

>> Some of them.

>> Nice and fresh, sir. Just a week in the

grave.

>> I'll give you 5 minutes.

>> Four.

>> Five, I said.

Well, doctor, seeing you're such a good

customer, where will you gentlemen be

celebrating tonight?

>> Well, I I go to the Merry Duke, sir.

>> Take this on account.

Jackson, Jackson.

When my housekeeper returns, you get her

to change this. Go down to the tavern

and give them the balance. Very good,

Jackson.

>> Thank you kindly, sir.

Nice and fresh.

You'd think the medical council could do

something about it, sir.

>> In what way?

>> So that academies could be supplied

legally with bodies.

They could petition Parliament.

>> There is Parliament.

With 500 walking corpses there, you

would think they could spare one. The

member for Edinburgh would do nicely.

Easy now, Jackson. We don't want him to

fall apart in the brine.

>> No, sir.

>> [laughter]

>> Do you see them two, Willie?

>> Uh, they call themselves

resurrectionists.

They suppose they think it adds a

classic tone to the profession, eh,

Willie?

>> It's disgusting. The place is going

downhill when they serve the likes of

them.

>> Well, there's money in it, Willie.

>> You mean to tell me you'd be after

handling a broken-down old corpse that's

been in the earth for weeks for the sake

of money? I'm surprised on you.

>> Ah, but the old woman keeps going on

about money, Willie. Do you know what

she was saying to me?

>> Yeah?

>> She was saying I should look for work.

>> No.

>> It's as true as I sit here.

>> Work?

And you're a landlord as well.

>> Good evening.

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2

3

4

Thank you kindly.

>> Keep your hands off me.

>> They weren't A DIRTY LITTLE QUALITY,

CABIN.

>> I HAVE NO CHANGE SINCE THE DAY YOU WERE

BORN IN A STINKING MIDDEN.

>> [laughter]

>> DON'T COME NEAR ME, MISTER.

>> [laughter]

>> GIVE THE LADY BACK her skirt.

>> Come and get it.

>> Which one is it?

>> [screaming]

[cheering]

[cheering]

>> Thank you. Much obliged.

>> If you stay a while, I'll buy you a

drink.

>> No. No, I'd better

>> [cheering]

>> Help! POLICE! MURDER! HELP! HELP!

POLICE! MURDER!

>> COME WITH ME. QUICK. QUICK.

I NEED TO get you in here.

Quick.

Come on.

>> HEY, MARY!

>> HI. WHAT DO YOU WANT?

>> OH! DO YOU HAVE TO CLUB THEM in the

streets to get a fellow? Now, well, at

least I can still get them sober,

dearie.

>> Come on.

Hey, come on.

>> Here, GIVE ME A BATH.

HERE, GET UNDERNEATH THE LIGHT.

LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT YOU.

It's not so bad. I'll soon fix that. Sit

yourself down.

>> Thanks for your trouble.

>> Oh, it's the least I could do. You

helped me. Bring that chair over, will

you?

>> Look, there's no need to make all this

fuss.

>> No fuss.

Have you been here before?

>> No.

No, I haven't.

>> You're one of the medical students,

aren't you?

>> How did you know?

>> Oh,

oh, we get a lot of your type in here.

Them and art students.

They come to study the human form.

That's anatomy, isn't it?

>> Yes, but not quite as it's studied at

the

academy.

>> I could teach them more than they'll

learn at college.

Don't you think I could?

>> I think I'd better go.

>> Did those villains get your purse?

>> No,

no, it's still here.

I better go.

>> Don't you like me?

>> Yes, I do.

>> Stay awhile.

>> No, I

>> [singing]

>> How's your head?

>> Oh, that?

It's all right.

When will I see you again?

>> Oh,

>> I'm here.

All the time.

>> I mean really see you. Take you out or

something.

>> [laughter]

>> Take me out?

>> [laughter]

>> Well, that's a good one.

And what would your friends say if they

saw you out with the likes of me?

>> Don't laugh, Mary.

When?

>> Tomorrow, maybe.

>> Tomorrow.

>> You better go.

You're going to be late for your class.

>> Good lord, yes.

Oh, Knox, I am.

All right.

Tomorrow.

>> Tomorrow.

>> Cut, James.

What a lovely rosy afternoon.

>> See if you can call him, Mr. Harris.

>> [laughter]

>> Did you hear that, Willie?

See if you can call him.

Oh, he's a great wit, the boy, huh? Get

him in the room.

There's one thing you've got to learn.

It's a hard life for an actor.

>> Look, Mr. Harris.

>> What is it, Jenny?

>> It's coming to eat your heart. Something

terrible has happened.

>> Well, what is it?

>> You'll see when you get home.

>> Could it be the old woman's broken neck?

>> Stop your whispering, man.

>> I the grand clown you are, Willie.

>> Poor old John.

Just a handful of bones.

>> Aye, that he was.

>> Aye, it's no wonder he passed out on us.

Can you hurry up and get him out now?

>> I'll do what I can for you.

>> Aye.

It makes the place look untidy.

Guess the news, Willie.

>> Surprise me.

>> Old John's been and died on us.

>> No.

>> He must have passed away in the night

without a word of warning.

>> hear that, WILLIE? THE LODGER'S DEAD AND

we money. £3 it is.

>> Now, what kind of a man is it would do a

thing like that?

>> Huh, dressed old John to take the easy

way out.

>> How's business?

>> Very slack.

I'm away for some help, Mrs. Burke.

He'll be gone sooner than a dog can wag

his tail.

>> That'll be tomorrow. I don't know what

the rest of my lodgers are going to say.

>> Well, he's one less to worry about, the

dirty old swindler.

>> Oh, stop your moaning and go and put the

bed to let sign out.

>> What's for dinner?

>> Kippers.

>> I can make do with the ones we had

yesterday. They're still repeating on

me.

>> If you'd earned a copper or two, you

could have been in haddock.

Oh, there's one there in the cupboard,

but I think it's gone off.

>> So has poor Johnny.

You know, Burke, I was thinking.

It's a shame for Johnny to be going to a

pauper's grave

and him being on paid debt on his dying

conscience.

>> Aye.

Sure they put them things on very loose.

>> What are you up to?

>> Burke,

could your missus go down to the pub and

get a kind of gin?

>> And what do you think I'm going to use

for money?

>> Stop your clacking, woman. Have you no

respect for the dead?

Here.

>> They're not so generous when it comes to

paying your share of the house.

>> Here's your man here says pay up with

you.

>> Yeah.

>> We can get six skinners for him up at

the doctor's place and that would wipe

out the debt.

>> Aye, and besides giving him his rightful

chance to salvation.

>> It's a great pleasure to be doing

someone a kind service.

For all he knew,

how happy he would be.

>> And he got a mean old face. No wonder he

died owing me money.

>> Good evening.

>> Good evening, doctor.

>> Out of this nettle rash, thing, you

shall pluck this flower.

>> Thank you, sir.

>> Thank you for the flowers.

>> I'm glad you like them.

>> Why is he giving this party, Geoffrey?

>> To launch you on Edinburgh society.

>> Really?

>> To collect his friends and enemies alike

into one room and then insult them all

indiscriminately.

>> I tell you, gentlemen, medicine is being

driven underground. The law yields to us

the body of a criminal when he is caught

and hanged. Away.

We have to wait a very long time for

justice to unravel itself. Meanwhile,

the resurrectionist plies a very useful

trade.

>> Oh, really, Knox? You deny it?

>> Well, I agree you doctors need bodies

for dissection, but to condone the

violation of graves by these ghouls,

>> I neither condone nor condemn. I accept.

Is the feeding of worms more sacred than

the pursuit of truth?

>> I think the reverend feels that to

violate the grave is to violate the

soul.

>> I do.

>> Oh, do you?

>> I am told that when the body is clay,

the soul has already flown one way or

the other. Fortunately for the poor

victims of these grave snatchers, that

is true. The soul has left the body.

>> Of course. I was wondering why I'd never

come across one in my work.

>> Now, Reverend, do you deny that the soul

exists? I deny nothing.

>> I can show you the heart, my dear

Reverend.

Can you show me the soul?

>> It is there.

>> Where?

Beneath the armpit? Between the eyes?

>> Deep in the abdomen? In fact, that you

cannot see it does not prove its

nonexistence.

>> After all, you can't see a thought.

>> No, but you try having one without a

brain.

>> Gentlemen, gentlemen.

The trouble with Knox is he's a teacher.

Oh, I'm old-fashioned. You will have too

much of anatomy.

For me, a surgeon needs two things: a

patient disposition and pair of strong

>> Admirable qualifications for a labor of

building the Caledonian Canal. I suggest

you're wasting your talents, Dr.

Fergusson.

>> I consider that an insult, sir.

>> I complimented your strength. I didn't

think that was an insult.

>> gentlemen.

>> Is it true what I hear?

They say no matter what the complaint,

you have but one prescription. Senna

pods.

>> That's a libel.

>> I know. A lawyer told me the story.

You must sue him sometime. Excuse me.

>> That man is doing the devil's work.

>> Aye.

He does it brilliantly.

>> [music]

>> It's terrible creepy here, isn't it,

Willie?

>> I know you're talking to me.

>> Here he's the perfect specimen, your

honor. Turn him to the side so the

gentleman can see our gentleman.

Died only a few hours ago, your honor.

We heard you like them fresh, sir.

This one's as fresh as a new cut

cabbage.

>> Excellent.

I'll give you seven guineas.

>> Thank you kindly, your honor.

>> Is this our normal line of business?

>> Well, it's Mr. Burke here. He's by way

of running a small lodging

establishment, you see, and

>> I see.

Put him in the brine, David.

>> May the saints preserve, your honor.

And may his soul rest in peace.

>> Amen.

This way. Come on, Willie.

How do you do, Miss Knox?

>> I'm well, thank you, Mr. Jackson.

>> How do you do?

>> Are you not going to introduce me to

your friends?

>> Yes. This is Mary Patterson. Mary, this

is Miss Knox, and

>> you do?

>> How do you do?

>> This is Dr. Mitchell, one of our

doctors.

>> Oh, you one of them, are you? How do you

do? Very pleased to meet you.

>> It's a lovely day.

>> Oh, yes. Yes, it is.

>> Most unexpected

for the time of the year.

>> Oh, yeah. It's very much better than

yesterday, don't you think?

Is that your boat?

>> It's a punt, Mary.

>> It looks nice.

I wish we had one, Chris.

>> Well, why don't you borrow it for the

afternoon?

You'd be very welcome.

>> What, me Chris paddling? No fear.

>> [laughter]

>> I don't fancy walking here with wet

drawers.

>> I think we'd better go, Mary.

Goodbye, Miss Knox.

>> Goodbye, Mr. Jackson.

>> Come on, Mary.

>> [laughter]

>> Well,

>> she's very pretty, isn't she?

>> Yes, she's very pretty.

>> I feel sorry for Jackson.

>> Oh, why?

>> He tries so hard, and he always fails.

>> Well, it's not from lack of

encouragement.

The doctor's been very patient with him.

He's been giving him extra coaching.

But I'm afraid his mind's not on his

work.

Come to that, neither is mine.

>> What's the matter, Mary?

>> Were you ashamed to introduce me to your

friends?

>> Well, they're not exactly friends, and I

wasn't ashamed.

>> Well,

you looked it.

>> Look, Mary,

I'm proud of you.

You know that.

I'm the proudest man in the world.

>> Och, you need a woman about the place.

>> I need you.

Oh, yes, Mary.

>> [laughter]

>> I'm not waiting till tonight.

>> You.

I can't. I've got to work tonight.

>> What?

Tonight?

>> Mhm.

I've got papers to prepare for

tomorrow's lecture.

>> I thought perhaps we could go out for a

wee drink somewhere.

And come back here.

>> No, I

>> Don't lie to me, Chris.

Don't lie to

>> Come on, Bert.

Bert, wake up, Bert.

>> Stand up straight, man. The money's

gone.

>> It's all gone?

>> There's not a farthing left.

>> Well, what were you doing wasting half

of it on the likes of her?

>> That's your Aggie. It's what they call a

capital investment.

>> She's a what?

>> That's the thing the businessmen talk

about.

>> Ah, poor old Aggie.

>> Isn't she a sight to make your heart

bleed?

>> That's the [snorts] drink has took hold

of her.

>> Come on, Aggie. Wake up, girl.

You can't go sleeping here the night.

Give me a hand, Bert.

>> What have you in mind, Bert?

>> Well, the poor thing needs a decent bed.

It's the least we can do for her. Come

on, Aggie. Go home with Mr. Burke here.

The kindest landlord in the town.

Do you know, Bert?

There's no one here to see old Aggie go

except us.

>> 12 o'clock. All's well.

12 o'clock.

All's well.

12 o'clock.

All's well.

>> drink.

>> What's she doing here?

>> Mind your business.

>> Oh, Willie, I'm all right.

>> Oh, Augie, you got a lot of friends.

>> Oh.

>> Me and Burke here.

Augie, I dare you. You're in no

condition to be walking abroad now.

>> Burke.

>> Give Augie a drink of the whiskey.

>> Ooh.

Oh.

>> That's my girl.

I think I can see the bloom coming back

to your cheeks all right.

>> [laughter]

>> Helen.

Grab Satan. Keep watch.

>> What for?

>> Do what Willie says, woman.

Let us know if you see anyone coming.

Willie, I won't take a second.

Now, Burke, you wouldn't want to be

turning old Augie out. Her feeling's so

weary.

>> What did you have to say, Willie?

>> Now, Augie, you're not thinking I have

intentions of dishonorable.

You're old enough to be me own mother.

Rest her soul.

>> You're a couple of kind-hearted boys.

There's no men as kind as they are these

days.

Oh.

I'm awful sleepy.

>> That's right, Augie.

You have a rest.

A good rest.

Do you hear that, bird?

She wants to rest.

>> [music]

>> Hardly a whisper.

Sure the old girl's better off.

She had nowhere to go.

It must be a terrible thing when you're

old.

>> She bit my hand, Willie.

She bit it.

>> Well, you can't blame her for that.

Here,

put her in here.

Fold her up nicely, Burke. Can't blame

HER FOR THAT.

>> [screaming and groaning]

>> WHAT'S HE SAYING?

THAT'S That's the rotten thing.

Ain't she a beauty, eh, Willie?

Ain't she a beauty?

>> [laughter]

>> Six,

seven, eight.

You say you found her dead drunk in the

street. But fresh as a herring, your

honor.

>> And already pickled, as you might say.

>> I prefer the subjects to be pickled

externally. This one is liable to

explode.

However,

a heart, I suppose.

>> Eh, you're a great man to be doing

business with, doctor.

Eh, do you take the snuff?

Would you be wanting a more or less

regular supply of uh poor unfortunates

like Aggie?

>> There's always a big demand for subjects

here.

>> Oh, there's there's there's there's

hundreds just like her in this old town.

Nowhere to sleep and with the freezing

cold. It's It's a wonder the whole place

isn't littered with carcasses.

>> Good night, doctor.

>> Aye, good night to you, doctor.

>> Probably the best thing for her, hey,

Davie?

>> Aye.

She was a fair age, sir.

She'll serve a more useful purpose now

than she did in life.

>> See to her in the morning, will you?

>> Aye, sir.

>> And do you know what? A man could become

a millionaire at this game.

>> Do you think so, Willie?

>> Aren't I telling you?

Aren't you know it gives a man pride,

respect of himself to be doing a good

job?

Just think of it, Willie.

Burke and Hare, members of the great

medical profession.

>> Draw your attention to the protuberance

of the frontal lobe.

This gentleman might have been a useful

citizen.

But he was hanged some 20 years ago for

murdering his entire family.

Mr. Jackson?

Mr. Jackson?

>> Yes, sir.

>> Will you be kind enough to step out to

the platform?

>> Yes, sir.

>> Now, sir, will you please explain to us

how modern surgery might have saved this

man from the gallows?

>> Yes, sir.

First,

>> Use the pointer, Mr. Jackson.

We are waiting.

>> First

>> Please don't mumble, sir, and turn your

head so the class can hear you.

>> First, by removing the protuberance on

the frontal lobe

>> Removing it?

What are you proposing to do? SCALP HIM?

>> I'M SORRY, SIR.

>> YOU CANNOT ENLIGHTEN US?

>> NO, SIR.

>> WERE YOU not given a thesis to prepare

on this subject, Mr. Dexter?

>> Yes, sir, but you see, sir

>> That will be all.

Mr. Smedley.

Proceed, Mr. Smedley.

>> Modern surgery could have lifted part of

the lobe

approximately an eighth of an inch

so that the pressure would be taken off

the brain.

>> Very good. Continue, please.

>> Come all young men and maidens,

and all listen unto me.

Come all young men and maidens,

and all LISTEN

UNTO ME. WELL, unto you do I unfold what

proved my destiny.

>> What you're looking at me like that for?

>> I was just looking.

>> GOD DAMN

>> [music]

>> OH MY GOD.

I'M CHRIS.

CHRIS.

>> MARY.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

>> OH, YOU MUST HATE ME.

>> NO.

YEAH.

Where did you go?

>> Oh.

I went across the road for a wee drink.

You know how it is.

>> Yeah, I know how it is.

>> Chris.

>> Yeah.

>> You know you asked me to think about

>> About marrying me.

Well?

>> Look, Chris.

I couldn't make you happy marrying you.

You see the way I am.

Half of me wants to be with you and the

other half keeps tugging the other way.

I'm not a good girl for you, Chris. I

never was.

I need to go out and laugh and have fun

and maybe have a drink too much, you

know?

I don't want to make you miserable.

>> Look, Mary. I know it's dull for you

sitting about here, but I have exams to

pass.

I'm going to be a doctor.

>> I know that.

>> But I will try and take you out more.

Honestly, I will.

>> Will you, Chris?

>> You promise me one thing, Mary.

>> What?

>> Stay away from that house.

>> What's that?

Well, I'll try, Chris.

>> Promise me.

>> I promise.

>> Good.

And tomorrow night I'll take you up,

>> [laughter]

>> AND SET THAT FIRE

UP. FIRE!

>> OH, LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT FIRE, CHRIS.

>> [laughter]

>> It's the real aristocrat you are,

Willie. That's the finest whiskey that I

ever seen in my life. That suits the

color of your eyes.

>> Bloodshot.

>> Ah, keep a civil tongue in your head,

woman.

>> Is there nothing for me?

What do you want?

>> Well, I saw the bit to let notice. And

if the bed's still vacant

>> Oh, don't stand there in the draft. Come

in.

Don't worry. You're with friends.

>> That's more than welcome you are, and

that's for sure, neighbor.

>> Aye, that's the truth. As welcome as a

golden guinea.

>> Hey, would you would you like a bite of

something to sup? Helen, my darling,

don't you stand there. Go and get the

gentleman a place.

>> Some sup.

>> I'm here, very kindly. I'm a poor man,

but I won't be any bother.

>> Oh, sure, you'll be no bother at all.

Have you been long in Edinburgh?

>> Oh, no. I just arrived today. I'm down

from Inveran. That's a walk in the

Highlands, you can

>> Is that name? Did you hear that, Bertha?

Gentleman's come all the way down from

the Highlands.

>> Aye.

>> Um

will you be wanting the bed for long?

>> Ah, well, it's hard to say.

I'm looking for work, you see.

>> I see. Um tell me, who do you take this

note to?

>> Okay. Thank you.

>> Tell me, uh Mr. Um

>> McLaren. Angus McLaren.

>> I will just call you Angus.

>> [snorts]

>> Tell me, Angus, um

have you uh

have you got any friends in this town?

>> Ah, no. I'm just a crofter.

And there are hard times by.

So, I just thought to myself

it'd be nice to visit the capital and

make a decent sum of money.

so as I could end my days in peace.

>> Well, isn't that what we all want?

Just to end our days in peace.

>> Uh

>> You've done business with us before, I

gather.

>> Oh, yes, sir. That we have.

We're Dr. Knox.

>> The doctor is occupied at the moment.

I'll attend to you myself.

I'm Dr. Mitchell.

Well, open the box.

>> Aye, sir.

>> What do you believe that?

>> This man died only a few hours ago.

>> Oh, yes, right, doctor. You see, we

got in quick before the parish

undertaker could get his sticky hands on

him.

>> Where'd you get him?

>> Well, you see, the poor old soul was

lodging at

my colleague's house,

that's Mr. Burke here.

And he seemed to take ill,

just old age, passing away in the night.

>> How did he get that bruise?

>> Bruise?

Has he got a bruise?

>> Well, look for yourself, man.

>> Do you see that, Burke?

He's got a bruise on the side of his

head.

Isn't it amazing? It You know, I'm I'm

glad you pointed that out, Dr.

>> I said, "Where did he get it?"

>> I don't think there's any need to

cross-examine our friends, Dr. Mitchell.

We've had several fine specimens from

these gentlemen in the past.

>> I was merely trying to establish the

cause of death, sir.

>> Don't tell me he was a patient of yours,

Mitchell.

Yes, I think eight guineas is the

current market price, is it not?

>> It is as it is, sir.

And as ever, sir, it's a pleasure to be

doing business with a fine gentleman

like yourself.

>> I thought it says doctor.

>> Show our friends out, then lock up, will

you, David?

>> Good night, dear doctor.

>> Good night.

>> Dr. Knox.

>> Dr. Mitchell.

>> Are you satisfied that subject died a

natural death?

>> Why do you ask?

>> Those uh

those two men

What do you know about them, sir?

>> I know nothing and care less.

>> And you'll continue to accept subjects

from them without question?

>> I will continue to teach anatomy using

the best specimens available to turn out

doctors who will replace quacks.

Is there anything else?

>> No, sir.

>> Then good night, Mitchell.

>> [bell]

>> Is Dr. Knox engaged?

>> not wish to be disturbed. The doctor is

busy now.

>> to see him on an urgent matter. Will you

kindly tell him

>> Come in, gentlemen.

>> This is a great honor.

>> Four of Edinburgh's leading surgeons.

>> Hear me.

>> I hope you still consider it an honor

when you've heard the purpose of our

visit.

>> Nothing could change my opinion of you,

gentlemen. Proceed.

>> An article by Dr. Knox.

>> Page 30.

>> Pray don't trouble to find the place,

Dr. Elliott. I have an excellent memory.

A few months ago, a man came to the

Edinburgh Infirmary with an aneurysm

connected with one of the larger

arteries of the neck.

Notwithstanding its obvious

characteristics, even to the merest

beginner, that it was an aneurysm, a

certain

distinguished surgeon pronounced it to

be an abscess.

Accordingly, this celebrity, who was

once an amateur member of the ring, and

who prides himself, among other things,

upon the strength of his hands and arms,

without pretension to head,

plunged his knife into what he believed

to be an abscess, and the patient died

in a few seconds.

>> WHAT DAMN EFFRONTERY. HOW DARE YOU?

>> DARE?

Is that a challenge?

>> Why didn't you name the surgeon? Are you

frightened of a lawsuit?

>> Since we all know your name and your

reputation.

>> You heard that, gentlemen?

>> me, Dr. Ferguson. I would have preferred

to remain anonymous.

>> I intend to sue you to the last penny in

your possession.

>> A most laudable enterprise.

No doubt your preoccupation over a rich

harvest will inspire a more adequate

excuse for your NEXT FAILURE.

>> WHY, YOU!

>> Why didn't you let him strike me?

Or were you thinking it would have

provided a more potent weapon in the law

courts than a mere rangle over an

undisputed fact?

I see before me four white, angry,

baffled faces. Why?

Because I have written an article?

Because I have accused one of you of

murder.

My friends,

>> [snorts]

>> GO AHEAD.

TAKE ME TO THE HIGH COURTS. AND IN the

words of your puppet, sue me for every

penny I possess.

A business-like venture.

I wish you better success in the field

of commerce than you have enjoyed in the

sacred task of our profession.

>> Is that all you have to say?

>> No.

I am aware that the path of truth was

never strewn with roses.

On every hand one encounters a great

gauntlet of empty threats.

To be condemned by ignorance is a

compliment to knowledge.

Crook your miserable way to the law

courts if you dare.

I will meet you on the steps with a

torch light to escort into our souls and

leave them bare as a warning to your

future victims.

Now, if you would be so good as to

incline your heads slightly to the

right, you will observe the door.

Please use it.

>> Why do you

deliberately insult them?

>> Are you criticizing me?

>> No, not criticizing.

I wouldn't be so presumptuous.

But I'm warning you.

Those

doctors will harm you if they can.

>> How can they harm me?

>> By making capital out of the merest

whisper of gossip.

>> Such as?

>> An association with men like Burke and

Hare.

>> And who will listen to them?

Am I to be as scared of expressing the

truth as they are at hearing it?

I tell you, Mitchell, it will take more

than a handful of quacks to shake me. I

am producing surgeons who will fight for

humanity, not destroy it.

And in the process of doing that,

nothing, nothing will stand in my way.

The individual is not important.

>> Fire in the

>> And what's the time?

>> What's it matter?

>> Well, I said I'd be home to meet Chris.

>> Chris?

>> I'm not

How would you meet?

>> Hello, Maggie. I got the wee rhyme for

you.

>> What? You stop your fidgeting in there.

Ah, COME ON. WHAT'S YOUR RHYME? WHAT'S

YOUR RHYME, JIMMY?

>> It goes like this.

There are creatures that crawl in and

six-legged fogies and things that go

bump in the night.

>> Oh, that's very good, Jimmy. ISN'T THAT

GOOD?

>> AYE, IT'S GOOD.

I hear a thing, ah.

If you can remember the rest of it.

Oh, come on. Let's go over to THE HOUSE,

MARY.

COME ON, NOBODY DRINKS OVER THERE. OH,

MY

GOOD NIGHT.

ANOTHER NIGHT.

>> MARY.

>> [laughter]

>> GET YOUR COAT, MARY.

>> GET OUT OF HERE.

You want a scene, I'll give it to you.

>> You're drunk, Mary.

Let me take you home.

>> Let me take you home.

HOW DO YOU HEAR THAT?

>> [laughter]

>> IF YOU WERE HALF A MAN, YOU'D DRAG ME

OUT OF HERE BY THE ROOTS OF MY HAIR. BUT

YOU JUST tried to not kill you.

Go home yourself, Chris. Jackson will

scratch your worry your pain like a good

boy, so the doctor will be pleased with

you in the morning.

And don't keep a light burning for me,

cuz I'll not be back.

I'm not going to be bored anymore by

your mealy-mouthed talk.

>> Come on.

COME ON.

COME ON.

AH!

CHRIS!

>> CHRIS!

CHRIS!

>> WHAT IS IT NOW?

>> NOTHING.

Give me a drink.

>> Of course, me darling.

>> [laughter]

>> I'm a poor FOOL TO BE GREEN WITH THE

LIKES OF HIM.

>> [laughter]

>> IMAGINE ME thinking I could make a man

out of a minute.

>> [laughter]

>> There's plenty more of that where we're

going.

>> Where?

Where about be?

>> Plan is close.

Just the three of us.

As cozy as three bugs in a rug.

It's just around the corner.

>> Just around the corner.

>> [laughter]

>> Just around the corner.

>> [laughter]

>> Just around the corner.

JUST AROUND

THE CORNER.

>> [laughter]

>> JUST AROUND THE CORNER.

>> COME ON.

>> READY?

>> [laughter]

>> WORK.

WHERE'S YOUR WIFE?

>> SHE'S GONE to see her twin sister.

>> You'll wait here.

>> Why, Willie?

What for?

>> Because I'm telling you.

>> Oh,

don't make the place untidy, Willie.

>> We're together, Mary.

>> Just the two of us.

I can give you money.

>> [screaming]

[crying]

[screaming]

>> Hey, Willie, that old woman's coming.

Let's get her.

Hey.

What's she doing here? She's dead. Did

you touch her?

Nobody touched her. Willie just killed

her, that's all. Oh, that's all right.

We don't want a thing like that in the

house. She'll give us a bad name.

>> Look, me and Willie has work to do, so

go to bed, WOMAN.

>> WHAT? NOT LYING THERE TILL we get that

first. Just look at the mess she's made

in my bed, anyway.

>> She looks lovely, Willie.

You know, I'm thinking the good doctor

should give us a bit more this time.

>> Yeah.

And you may

It is your friend.

This

is an

incident

producing

clay.

>> Oh, yeah.

>> Well, carry on, Mr. Jackson.

>> Yes, Stevie.

>> This one's the best we've had so far.

Doctor wants some drawings taken before

we put her in the brine.

>> No, wait.

The

woman

>> Jackson.

Well, what is it then?

Hey, what's the matter with you?

Jackson!

>> Burke and [sighs] Hare.

Mr. Jackson.

>> What is the matter with Jackson?

>> I

He was acting very strange.

>> I can tell you why.

>> Well?

>> Burke and Hare have just brought in the

body of a woman named Mary Patterson.

She was Jackson's girl.

>> You killed Mary Patterson.

>> I didn't never touch her. Be off with

you.

>> You killed her.

>> Ah, get back to where YOU COME FROM.

>> YOU KILLED

ME AND YOUR

CUTTHROAT FRIENDS.

YOU KILLED MY MARY

AND TOOK HER TO DR. KNOX.

YOU KILLED ME.

>> WELL, BURKE,

that's one subject we won't be selling

to Dr. Knox.

>> Good night, Mr. Hare.

>> Good night to you, sir.

Come on, me darling.

Hey, I'll be as sober as a judge in the

morning.

>> What's the matter with your friend?

>> He's fine. Well, see you later, Jamie.

>> Well, I can as well come along with you.

Can I give you a hand?

He does not look very well.

>> He's all right. He's had too much to

drink, that's all.

>> I wish I could say the same for Mr.

Hare.

>> Here.

>> Mr. Hare, you've given me a golden

guinea.

>> Murder.

Murder in Westford.

Murder most foul.

If any in the name of the king,

and any information

>> Christopher Jackson.

>> Are you quite sure, sir?

>> Quite.

You say he was dead?

>> Yes, sir.

He was found in an alleyway a little

this morning.

>> Do you know of any reason why somebody

should want to kill him?

>> [clears throat]

>> None. He was a quiet lad, hard working.

I don't know about his personal life.

>> Do you, Dr. Mitchell?

>> I can't think why anybody should want to

kill him.

>> Well, thank you, gentlemen.

I don't think I need detain you any

longer.

>> Thank you, Inspector.

>> Why didn't you convey your suspicions to

the police?

>> Did you want me to?

>> And why not?

>> You know what I fear, sir.

An opportunity for your enemies to

destroy you.

>> Your consideration for me is very

touching, Mitchell.

However, if you seriously think that

Burke and Hare were responsible for

Jackson's murder, your duty as a citizen

is obvious.

Or if you really consider that the life

of a street woman is more important than

the advance of surgery, then stand in

the market square and scream murder to

the mob.

>> I was thinking only of Jackson, sir.

>> Hey, come here.

Hey, did you see that, Willie?

>> Aye, the good doctor coming away from

the police station.

>> A lot of good that'll do the polis.

>> [laughter]

>> Hey, what are you skulking there for,

you daft loon?

>> Did you get the drunk home safely?

>> Aye.

We got him home safely, Jamie.

>> I was just asking. You see, I've done a

terrible sin. Wicked

>> hear me?

>> I I found a man in the alleyway. He was

dead.

>> And what was the wicked thing you did

then, Jamie?

>> I I stole a ring off his finger.

And then, you know, I I went to

confession, and the priest said I I

should take it to the police.

>> Now, what do you think about that?

>> And did you take it to the police,

Jamie?

>> Not yet.

>> You didn't, hey?

Well, it's a wise boy you are, Jamie.

>> Wise?

>> Here, have you got it on you now, huh?

>> No.

>> Hey, and if you take my advice, you'll

sell it.

You see, the police might get the

thinking that it was you that killed the

man.

Now, me and Mr. Burke here, we might be

interested in

buying it from you.

Seeing as we're in the trading business.

>> Would you Would you really?

>> Wouldn't we, Willie?

>> Aye, we would.

>> So, you run along and get it, Jamie.

>> Shall I bring it here?

>> No, bring it to the house tonight.

And we can have a wee drink just to

celebrate the transaction.

There's no time like the night for

talking business.

>> [laughter]

>> Well, what do you think, Willie?

>> I don't think he's half so daft as we

thought he was.

>> Jamie!

>> Hello, Maggie.

>> I've been searching everywhere for Mary.

Have you not seen her?

>> No, Maggie.

I haven't seen Mary for nigh on two days

now.

>> I'm worried about her.

>> Worried?

>> You were talking to her just now.

>> Oh, I was

Oh, it's a secret, Maggie.

>> Jeffrey.

I have a confession to make.

>> Oh?

>> Today, I overheard some of the students

discussing the doctor.

They were saying terrible things,

Jeffrey.

They were saying that the doctor is in

particular how and where he procures

bodies for dissection.

This isn't true, is it, Jeffrey?

Jeffrey.

This isn't true.

>> No, mother.

No.

Good evening, Mitchell.

Can we discuss tomorrow's lecture? I

trust you received my notes.

>> Yes, sir.

>> Our subject is the heart.

Don't worry.

>> Hello, Mr. Burke.

Hello, Mr. Hare.

Hello. Hello.

Hello, Mr. Burke.

Are you there?

Hello, Mr. Burke.

Are you there?

Mr. Hare.

It is me, Jamie.

>> Halen.

Get out to the side, WATCH FOR ANYONE

COMING.

>> [screaming]

[screaming]

[screaming]

>> INTO THE HOUSE, WILLIAM.

GET THEM OUT OF HERE AS QUICK as you

can.

>> What's the matter, Halen?

There's no more screaming.

>> Only the pigs.

>> Get the box ready, Burke.

>> [snorts]

>> Oh.

>> And don't let's be forgetting the ring.

That's what he come here for.

>> [panting]

[screaming]

[screaming]

>> Who murdered Jamie? WHO?

>> IT WAS BURKE AND HARE. I SEEN THEM. I

SEEN THEM.

>> WHAT'S IT SAYING THERE?

>> I TELL YOU IT WAS MURDER AND I SAW IT

HAPPEN WITH MY OWN EYES.

>> JUST A MINUTE. JUST A MINUTE, LADY.

>> BOYD AND JAMIE, THOSE WICKED DEVILS. IT

WAS BURKE AND HARE WHO MURDERED HIM.

>> WILL YOU CALM YOURSELF, LADY? I CAN'T

YOU MAKE an accusation of murder against

somebody without some proof of the fact.

>> WELL, YOU COME TO THE HOUSE, YOU MIGHT

FIND THE EVIDENCE YOU'RE WANTING.

>> WHAT'S HAPPENED TO JAMIE, INSPECTOR?

>> I was sleeping.

>> Oh, he's not right. I don't like this at

all.

>> No, no, no, no. I warned you, Heams.

There's no call to be greeting yet.

All right, Mrs. Burke, where are they?

>> Well, what do you mean?

>> What do you think I mean?

>> You can't come busting into decent

people's homes like that.

>> Where's Dove Jamie?

>> I don't know.

I never SAW I SWEAR IT I NEVER SAW HIM

I'LL TELL YOU. AND

>> YOU'RE LYING.

>> NO, HE MURDERED JAMIE. NO, I DIDN'T.

>> I SAW IT HAPPEN.

>> NO, IT'S NOT TRUE.

>> I'M TELLING YOU, PATTERSON, [screaming]

YOU DIRTY BEAST.

>> IT'S NOT TRUE, I TELL YOU. STOP IT, MAN.

STOP IT. YOU

MESSING WITH YOUR ADAM, MOTHER.

>> STOP IT, YOU OLD HAG. STOP IT, MAN.

>> THEY'RE DEAD.

THEY'RE BOTH DEAD. AND IF YOU WANT TO

FIND THEM, GO TO THE ACADEMY OF DR.

KNOX.

>> DR. KNOX.

In a few minutes

Burke and Hare will bring you another

subject. I beg of you not to receive it.

>> And why not?

>> Because the police know it was murdered.

A woman witnessed it.

>> Is this what you mean?

>> Yes.

>> Was this young man well known?

>> Everybody knew Daft Jamie.

>> And a woman screamed to murder.

Yet our friends Burke and Hare were not

unduly perturbed when they brought him

here.

>> Because they know you have more to lose

than they. They're relying on you to

cover their traces.

>> Are you accusing me of collusion with

them?

>> Dr. Knox, I don't know what to believe

any longer. But I beg of you, for your

own sake, dispose of the body before

>> You were saying?

>> It's too late.

>> Open the door, Davie.

My conscience is answerable only to me,

Dr. MacGregor.

Nothing is too late.

>> I'm sorry to disturb you, doctor, but uh

I've received some information from this

woman.

>> I have already been informed, Inspector.

>> That is That's Jamie.

Oh, Jamie.

>> It was delivered a few minutes ago by

two men of the name of Burke and Hare.

>> Have you examined the body?

>> You interrupted my intention, Inspector.

>> Take a look now, Dr. Knox, if you

please.

Will you state the cause of death?

>> Violence.

Without any doubt.

>> THEY'VE BEEN MURDERING RIGHT UNDER OUR

NOSES.

>> AND WHAT'S THE LAW DOING ABOUT IT?

>> LET'S GET AFTER THEM OURSELVES.

>> COME ON, LADS.

>> LET'S GO.

>> LET'S GO.

>> LET'S GO.

>> LET'S GO.

>> LET'S GO.

>> WILLIE, THEY'RE AFTER YOU. THEY'RE

COMING TOWARDS THE HOUSE. THEY'RE COMING

AFTER THE PAIR OF YOU. LISTEN.

>> What do WE DO, WILLIE?

IT'S ALL UP WITH US. THEY'RE CLOSE BY.

>> The warehouse.

We can hide there.

>> Come on, let me.

>> You stay here, woman. They'll turn and

run at the sight of YOUR UGLY FACE.

>> NO, DON'T LEAVE ME. YOU CAN'T. YOU JUST

GET OUT AND GO ON.

THEY'RE COMING AFTER US.

>> YOU'RE SHOT.

>> THEY'RE AWAY TO THE WAREHOUSE.

>> THEY'RE AWAY TO THE WAREHOUSE.

COME ON.

>> I'M COMING, WILLIE.

>> Uh

just shows you could NEVER TRUST A

WOMAN.

COME ON.

COME ON, WILLIE.

COME ON.

COME ON.

>> [cheering]

[cheering]

[cheering]

>> COME ON, WILLIE.

THEY GOT THE BOAT.

>> [cheering]

[cheering]

>> I HAVE ARRESTED BURKE AND HARE.

>> IN THE CASE OF THE crown versus William

Burke,

call the first witness for the

prosecution.

CALL WILLIAM HARE.

>> WILLIAM HARE.

>> SILENCE IN COURT.

>> Place your hand on the Bible.

Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth,

the whole truth, and nothing but the

truth?

>> All that I do, your honor.

>> [cheering]

>> HERE'S TOM KING'S EVIDENCE.

>> WHAT'S HE TALKING ABOUT?

>> IN THE TRIAL OF THE CROWN versus William

Burke,

the verdict has been reached.

>> BURKE,

GUILTY.

DR. KNOX, NO CHARGE.

>> DR. KNOX.

>> DR. KNOX.

>> SHAME.

>> BUT WHY SHOULD THAT OLD SCOUNDREL GET

AWAY FREE AS AIR? NONE OF THEM DESERVE

WHAT'S GOING ON.

>> MEANS ME, ONE OF THEM deserves to live.

And as for Hare, they never did an

honest day's work in their lives.

>> At the very least, KNOX SHOULD BE PUT

BEHIND BARS.

>> HARE, HE'S AS GUILTY AS EITHER OF THEM.

>> NOW, IF anyone else has anything to say

against Knox, he better tell me now.

>> [screaming]

[cheering]

>> Be seated, please.

>> [cheering]

>> Keep your seats.

The subject of this morning's lecture,

gentlemen,

is neurology.

>> [laughter and cheering]

>> I WONDER WHAT HE'S THINKING NOW.

>> IT'S A CURSE ON DR. KNOX, I'M THINKING,

FATHER. Do you know he never paid us for

the last subject we brought him?

>> Now, you must make an act of contrition,

my

>> Ah, that's none of my business, Father.

But, if he paid us for the subject like

an honest man, I'd be standing here in a

decent pair of trousers, meeting the

public as I am for the first time.

>> You said I told this to you ON THE

PHONE.

>> [cheering]

>> THERE ARE NO CHARGES AGAINST YOU, MR.

HARE.

YOU'RE free to go.

The mob

They'll be waiting for me.

You can go out the back way.

Will you send someone with me?

Aye.

As far as the door.

>> [music]

>> It was Hayes.

Not me. Not me. HAYES.

I

>> [screaming]

>> I COULD GET THE COACH AROUND THE BACK

FOR YOU. IT WOULD ONLY take a few

minutes longer.

>> Keep the Medical Council waiting, David.

That would be unforgivable.

>> Oh, it's big of you not to go out there.

Jeffrey.

>> Take care of her, Mitchell.

>> [cheering]

[cheering]

[cheering]

>> He's indestructible.

>> No, he isn't indestructible, Jeffrey.

With all the jackals snapping at his

heels, he's bound to fall.

In a few minutes, he faces the Medical

Council.

Doctors who for years have tried to

destroy him.

And he hasn't got a friend who'll raise

a finger to help him.

>> This is not a court of law, Dr. Knox.

The Medical Council is concerned only

with the honor of our profession.

Have you nothing to say?

>> Nothing.

You are my judges, gentlemen.

This is a heaven-sent opportunity.

Make the most of it.

>> Mr. Chairman, gentlemen,

>> I don't think we require your presence,

Dr. Mitchell.

>> I feel there is something you want to

hear, sir.

>> Very well.

Gentlemen,

I haven't

>> come here to to defend Dr. Knox,

and I'm not going to plead for him.

We have all traded in death.

Bodies snatched from the grave,

bodies taken from coffins before they

went into the grave. In all the years of

your experience,

can you deny that doubt has ever entered

your minds?

>> As to what, Dr. Mitchell?

>> As to the cause of death.

>> THIS IS A SCANDALOUS IMPLICATION.

>> IT IS MORE THAN THAT. It is an

accusation.

We are the students of Hippocrates, but

some of us are hypocrites.

Look into your hearts and seek the

truth.

And then, then if you condemn Dr. Knox,

ask yourselves whether or not you

condemn each other.

>> And the entire medical profession.

>> DR. MITCHELL,

>> I DEMAND THAT YOU RETRACT THAT

STATEMENT.

>> [screaming]

>> MISTER, MISTER, give us a hand HERE,

MISTER. GIVE US a hand here.

>> And what will you buy with it?

>> Oh, just a few sweeties, that's all.

>> I'm sorry.

I haven't any money with me.

If you want to come to my house, I'll

give you some there.

>> No, thank you. You might sell me to

Doctor Knox.

>> [music]

>> Doctor.

Davie.

>> I can't tell you how glad I am to see

you.

I thought I'd never see you again.

>> And why?

>> Because of the mob. Death to Doctor

Knox. They've been shouting it all

night.

>> So, you didn't expect me to return in

one piece?

Or perhaps as a subject for my

dissecting table.

I've only been walking, Martha.

>> All night?

>> All night.

Excellent for the constitution.

And most edifying for the soul.

>> The soul?

>> Oh, yes.

I admit its existence.

We are not demigods, Martha.

As a child, I believed in God and the

devil.

It took a child to show me what I am

now.

I failed, Martha.

>> Oh, no.

>> Yes, I failed.

Oh, I don't care what they say about me.

I listened to the screams of the mob and

the howls of deprecation from the

medical council.

Black dust and hatred.

I bracket my colleagues with the rest.

I despise them all.

>> Everyone?

>> Until this morning.

Yes.

But I just heard the voice of

conscience.

From a small child, I heard the truth.

>> And what did the voice of conscience

say?

>> It said,

"You are an ogre, Dr. Knox.

You have killed humanity."

>> For the sake of humanity.

>> The sake of achievement,

ambition.

Those bits of clay, poor lumps of

humanity that Burke and Hare brought in.

I have to confess to you, Martha.

They seemed so small in my scheme of

things.

But I knew how they died.

>> They've reached their decision.

You are exonerated.

>> So,

they've decided to let the world judge

me.

Very courageous of them.

It is time for my lecture.

I have never missed a lecture, Mitchell.

No, sir.

It'll be quite a new experience talking

to empty walls.

At least,

they won't criticize me.

>> Thank you, darling.

>> [applause]

[applause]

>> Be seated, gentlemen.

Before commencing this morning's

lecture,

let us consider

the oath of Hippocrates.

The sacred oath

of our profession.

I will prescribe regimen

for the good of my patients,

according to my ability and my judgment,

and never do harm

to anyone.

>> [music]

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