but i don't think i'm really cut out for this history of science business. when i read about dissecting saints and looking for unusual physical signs in the body as proof of sanctity the first thing that comes to my mind is oscar wilde's happy prince.

["What a strange thing!" said the overseer of the workmen at the foundry. "This broken lead heart will not melt in the furnace. We must throw it away." So they threw it on a dust-heap where the dead Swallow was also lying.

"Bring me the two most precious things in the city," said God to one of His Angels; and the Angel brought Him the leaden heart and the dead bird."]