Bone Bill

"An Act to Promote Medical Science and Protect Burial Grounds", informally known as the Bone Bill, was an 1854 bill in New York. Its purpose was to greatly increase the number of cadavers available for legal dissection in medical schools.

Bone Bill
New York State Legislature
Long title
  • An Act to Promote Medical Science and Protect Burial Grounds
PassedApril 3, 1854
Introduced byJohn William Draper
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