The supply-chain issue plaguing Edinburgh in the early 19th century? The outsized demand for cadavers. The city was home to the most prestigious medical school in the U.K., but with an ever-increasing number of students there weren’t enough dead bodies for dissection. Corpses became such a hot commodity that in 1828 a duo made a small fortune by murdering 16 people and selling their bodies to a surgeon. This exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland displays art made for use during dissection and inspired by it. Works on view include a 19th-century leech jar, surgical instruments, and illustrated anatomy books. —Jensen Davis