When it comes to India, I think many people have a negative impression: caste system , the gap between the rich and the poor, violence, and the status of women is low... So do you know that there is an industry in India that is also very prosperous, and this industry is terrifying - human bone transaction.
Human bone trading that lasts for a hundred years
Human bone trading has not been a day or two in India. The reason why it has been repeatedly banned is naturally due to the huge profits in this industry. So everyone must want to know, who are these human bones to be sold to, and what is the use of human bones?
The history of human bone trafficking in India, originated in the British colonial period, and these human bones are also mainly used for teaching and research in British medical schools. has a history of more than 100 years.
Human research experiments on human body structure began in the 15th century. The earliest complete human skeleton sketch can be traced back to 1543. With the continuous development and progress of modern medicine, doctors must have some understanding of the internal structure of the human body. By the beginning of the 19th century, Europe's demand for human skeletons far exceeded the supply.
Because the UK has many famous medical colleges, its demand for human skeletons is naturally the largest among all European countries. This led to the rampant tomb robbery in the UK at that time. In some cemeteries, the families of the deceased and medical students who sacked the bodies even broke out in fierce conflicts.
In order to solve this problem, the British government promulgated the "Anatomy Act" in 1832, which allowed doctors to receive unclaimed bodies in municipal morgues and hospitals. This law ended the British tomb robbery to a certain extent.
However, the unclaimed corpses of hospitals and town halls could not meet the huge demand at all. Therefore, British doctors had the idea of a colony that was India at that time. After all, the "Anatomy Law" promulgated by the United Kingdom did not say that human bones from other countries could not be purchased and used. Therefore, in India, the untouchable class engaged in the traditional funeral industry was forced to engage in human bone processing.
In the 1850s, , the Kolkata Medical College in India processed about 900 human bones every year, and is mainly supplied to overseas countries such as Europe and the United States. A century later, by the 1950s, India had become the largest ruling country in the world's human bone trading. The main source of medical bones in the world is India. The human bones produced in the Indian Ocean are cleaned, shiny and sworn, and the connection technology is exquisite.
Then these human bones mainly come from unclaimed corpses in the hospital and corpses salvaged from the Ganges River (Many Indians will choose to jump into the Ganges River to commit suicide or throw the bodies of their relatives into the Ganges River to bless him to heaven).
In order to maintain a living, some poor families will also sell the remains of their deceased families to human bone dealers. This not only saves the cost of cremation or burying the corpse, but also makes a considerable income.
One hand can be sold for $200, a spine can be sold for $400, a skull with teeth can be sold for $1,200, and a complete, fresh skull can even be sold for tens of thousands of dollars... This is already a very high price for many poor Indians. To be honest, Many living people in India may not be as valuable as dead people.
So Indian human bone traffickers are not worried about not being able to get human bones. In 1984, , India exported a total of 60,000 human bones, which is enough to meet the needs of medical students in developed countries. At its peak, the annual income of the human bone processing plant in Kolkata is estimated to reach more than US$1 million.
But this seemingly orderly trade in human bones was broken in 1985, which also makes people see how evil human nature can be driven by high interests.
However, what is even more terrifying is that after further investigation by the police, most of these children were kidnapped and then killed and bone-taken. In order to get more profits, those crazy human bone traffickers are no longer satisfied with obtaining human bones through traditional channels. They began to commit murder and even set their sights on the weak children.
This case also shocked the whole country of India. Public opinion across the country continued to ferment, especially some human rights organizations in India have been constantly putting pressure on the government. Unfortunately, the Indian government had to tighten its policies, and promulgated human bone transactions. Ban. Once the ban was promulgated, the global bone supply of almost collapsed, Western countries turned to Eastern Europe and other places for supply, but the number of human bones produced in these areas is relatively small, and there is a lack of experience in producing high-quality display samples. The product grade is still relatively low.
At this time, due to the severe supply shortage, the price of human bones has also begun to rise rapidly, and high profits will naturally make Many people take risks. Although the human bone transaction at this time is no longer as "prosperous" as in the past, it has not stopped. It has just turned into the black market transaction. human bone transaction has never stopped, especially in eastern India. It is the area where the human bone black market transaction is most rampant. On average, more than 200 human accidents are exported from India to countries and regions such as Nepal and Bangladesh.
especially in eastern India, which is the most rampant area of human bone black market transaction. In the average annual average, more than 200 human accidents are exported from India to countries and regions such as Nepal and Bangladesh. kills It is even more common for human bones to be taken. Every year, people in India are kidnapped and murdered, and then bones are taken, which is very terrifying. Some timid consciences have not yet been completely destroyed and dare not kill people. will go to tomb robbers or go to hospital morgues or crematoriums to steal corpses.
There are factories for processing human bones in the wilderness in eastern India. Workers here wrap the corpses with fishing nets and sink them into the water. After the decomposition of bacteria and fish, the body becomes a skeleton and loose body, and then wipe the corpses manually and put them in a large pot to use corrosive Boiling soda in water is to dissolve the excess carrion, leaving a yellow calcium surface, and then it has to be sunbathed in the sun for a week, then soaked in hydrochloric acid. After soaking, the bones will become clean and white. Finally, the bones will be connected by thin steel wires and put them on medical charts.
After listening to this process, I think many people will feel a little nauseous and nauseous in front of the screen, but this is a picture that really happens in India's human bone processing factory.
There is even a special human bone supply company in India. Their orders come from all over the world, and although the Indian government has introduced policies, it is impossible to completely ban them. There is only one reason: The profits in it are too great, and for the poor Indians, they will only flock to it.
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But driven by this huge benefit, it will only bring more violence, crime and oppression, print The money you earn from living a poor person through hard work in your life may not be as good as a corpse; and after death, even the bones will become tools for capitalists to make money. This is exactly the terrible thing about capital. From head to toe, from birth to death, eat people completely. Even if you are already a bone, you will squeeze you out without leaving any left.
References:
Anonymous. The sensational black market for Indian bones. [J] New Legend, 2017(14).
Author: Qiaomu
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