TIL that Richard Bayley, a surgeon working in the New York Hospital, had his laboratory and cadavers destroyed in the 1788 Doctor’s Riot after accusations of graverobbing for anatomical specimens. Upon his death Richard Bayley chose to be buried.

TIL that Richard Bayley, a surgeon working in the New York Hospital, had his laboratory and cadavers destroyed in the 1788 Doctor’s Riot after accusations of graverobbing for anatomical specimens. Upon his death Richard Bayley chose to be buried.

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