These public dissections were ticketed events that drew large crowds of both professional and lay people.

This allowed the public dissection of criminals who had been executed for murder.

In 1666 he conducted the first public dissection of a human corpse now in Kiel.

It also houses a perfectly preserved 17th-century anatomical theatre (used in its time for public dissections).

So towards the end of 19th century anatomy courses had been largely professionalised at established medical schools and public dissection was no longer common place.

Lieutenant Dallas's record and her actions will be up for public dissection.

It is why he's sensitive to the current public dissection of his Heisman attributes.

Everyone does, though the public dissection probably will not begin in earnest for another week or two, when the Knicks (29-39) are formally eliminated.

He performed the public dissection of a great white shark at the Auckland Museum in 2009.

Maybe witnessing a public dissection of his father's crimes would help him get out from under the weight of the old man's legacy.