There was a long-practiced method of getting bodies for
the scientists and doctors to practice on, and it didn't involve getting the consent of
the deceased prior to them kicking the bucket. Jerry Cruncher goes out at night and
digs up bodies so that he can sell them to doctors, professors of medicine, etc. for use
in classes, examinations, studies, etc.
The interesting
part of this is that Jerry considers what he does to be an absolutely productive and
important part of society and of life in general while he regards prayer and other such
religious activities as a waste of time.
But don't fret, he
does of course, like many of Dickens' characters, vow to change his life before the
story runs out of time.
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