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Plaster cast of the head of John Brogan

Plaster cast of the head and neck of John Brogan, a companion of Burke and Hare who assisted in conveying bodies to Dr Knox’s School of anatomy. Brogan had been seriously burnt around the neck and chin in childhood and the contractures caused by the healing of the wounds produced the deformities shown in the cast. One of the Burke and Hare murders took place in Brogan’s house.