1.   All the corpses he examined were those of adults - of fully grown men.

2.   But graves registration had run out of body bags, and the corpses were stacked without them.

3.   Below her was the corpse of a woman.

4.   The corpse was that of a young man.

5.   Inside the low ceilinged, lime-washed sick room the corpse was laid on a straw-covered bed.

6.   American corpses are the best presented in the world, serene and rosy-cheeked.

7.   A relative said the family still held out a little hope that the corpses would be someone else, but expected the worst after all these weeks.

8.   But gone are the corpses, the most compelling evidence of a heinous crime.

9.   But sufficient corpses were seldom available, especially for Edinburgh surgeon Robert Knox, who would pay well, no questions asked, for delivery of a body.

10.   But when corpses are days or weeks old it becomes more difficult because the complex chemistry of decay takes over and no one understands very much about it.