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MURDKR AT THE MEDICAL SCHOOL Harvard's gravest scandal occurred when parts of a body were discovered in the laboratory of Dr. John While Webster, chemist and mineralogist. Among the remains were false teeth, later identified as those of Dr. George 76
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Parkman, Webster's relentless creditor. Webster was charged with bludgeoning Parkman to death, dismembering tlie body, and incinerating most of it in the furnace of his laboratory. He was hanged for the crime in 1850.