Montreal Gazette
5 October 1888
A Sensation Exploded.
LONDON, October 4.--The British Medical Journal, referring to the
Whitechapel murders, says:--"The Coroner's theory that the assassin's work
was carried out under the impulse of a pseudo-scientific mania has been
exploded by the first attempt at serious investigation. It is true that a
foreign physician enquired a year ago as to the possibility of securing
certain parts of the body for the purpose of scientific investigation, but
not large sum was offered and the physician in question is of the highest
respectability and came exceedingly well recommended." An inquest on the
body of the woman found murdered in Mitre square on Sunday morning was
held to-day. The testimony of the surgeons proved that the uterus and one
kidney were missing.
