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Richard Burr: Poster Child for Wartime Embalmers
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All Bones Considered #065 - Part 4
Richard Burr was a Civil War surgeon who found there was more money in "treating" the dead and became an embalmer. Photographer Matthew Brady immortalized him with a battlefield photo.
This is section 4 of All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #065 - Fathers and Mothers of American Medicine, Part 4. You can find plenty of other stories about American medical pioneers in earlier episodes.
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