whitechapeljack.com
I am referring to the myth that Mary's right arm was either almost cut off or, in fact, totally removed from her body.
In the blog post from Whitechapel Jack: (bold & italics mine)
Kelly’s corpse was nude except for a chemise and lying in the middle of the bed that sat flush against the apartment wall. She was inclined slightly to the left side of the bed, and her head was resting on the left cheek. Her right arm had been partially disconnected from the torso; her legs were spread wide and placed at right angles.
This erroneous 'fact' stems from the single word that Dr Bond used in his autopsy report: (bold & italics mine)
The body was lying naked in the middle of the bed, the shoulders flat, but the axis of the body inclined to the left side of the bed. The head was turned on the left cheek. The left arm was close to the body with the forearm flexed at a right angle & lying across the abdomen. the right arm was slightly abducted from the body & rested on the mattress, the elbow bent & the forearm supine with the fingers clenched. The legs were wide apart, the left thigh at right angles to the trunk & the right forming an obtuse angle with the pubes.
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Medical professionals are all taught the standard anatomical position of a body. We use words like midline, proximal, distal, medial, lateral, cephalic, caudal, axial, adduct, abduct, flexion, extension... and loads more.
Abduct means moving away from the midline and Dr Bond meant exactly that when he wrote his report.
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Mary's arm (both) was in no way removed or partially removed - or even attempted to be removed.