Resurrectionist
In the 18th and 19th century, medical students needed to learn their craft. They didn’t have licensed cadavers at the time so a resurrectionist would dig up bodies for medical students. We’re not sure exactly why this job went away but it probably had something to do with ethics and the fact that the practice was just morbid in general. These days you can’t just dig up a corpse and sell it for a profit – what a shock! This was stinky work but someone had to do it for many shockingly disgusting years.
