Medical students and physicians of New York
- Events
- 1
- Episodes
- 4
- Years
- 1788–1789
Every event in Historedia whose sources name Medical students and physicians of New York, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.
Events and episodes
Doctors' Mob Riot in Manhattan
1788–1789Role: Targets of popular discontent over grave-robbing; some exhumed bodies from nearby graveyards
- Winter escalation of corpse exhumation
During the winter of 1788, the number of corpses exhumed by medical students increased substantially.
- Children discover a dissected arm outside the New York Hospital
In April 1788, children playing outside the New York Hospital saw a student of Richard Bayley dissecting an arm in an adjacent room.
- Outbreak of the doctors' riot
Poorer New Yorkers massed in discontent over the illegal procurement of corpses, directing their anger primarily at physicians and medical students.
- Statute on the treatment of corpses
In January 1789, a statute was enacted codifying the proper treatment of corpses, with harsh punishments for violators.
- Winter escalation of corpse exhumation
Sources
- 1788 doctors' riot Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-28