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deceased patients in process of dissection in the dissecting rooms of the University and it may be safely said that the University was almost entirely supplied from that source with subjects for dissection.

I had no conversation with Steward Crosby as to the disposal of these bodies, as Crosby is a person whom I had rather as a gentleman not associate with.

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I had several conversations with the students respecting the sale of the bodies before mentioned, as well as with Peter. They told me that the price of a subject was ten dollars.

Crosby I was told would not allow Cahill to sell the bodies unless he (Crosby) received half of the money. Mr. Cahill gave me this information.

Dr. DeWitt spoke to me on one occasion respecting this sale of bodies and stated that he did not see any thing very wrong in the transaction; that Cahill being a student of medicine probably got his tickets and other College expenses in return for the bodies so furnished from the Bureau Hospital.

I have no idea that Mr. Cahill