Mantell or Buckland?

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A note from Chris McGowan in response to a letter asking for
clarification,  reveals the following:

"Here is the resolution to the apparent puzzle.  Both Mantell and
Buckland
underwent  post-mortem examinations.   Part of Mantell's vertebral
column was
subsequently put on display at the Royal College of Surgeons Hunterian
Museum,
as recorded in the literature (there is a detailed account of the post
mortem).

Most of the museum was destroyed by incendiary bombs during WW II but
some parts
of the collection was saved.  I went searching in the rebuilt Hunterian
Museum
to see if I could find Mantell's vertebral remains.  There was no sign,
and my
enquies led me to conclude it was a casualty of the bombing.  But I did
come
across a preserved specimen on public display containing the base of
Buckland's
skull, and the first few cervical vertebrae."

Best regards,

Chris McGowan

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