 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 2010, anozviti munyori wenhau dzakaitika Don Shelton akabvunza nzira idzo Smellie akaita nadzo tsvakurudzo yake. MuJournal of the Royal Society of Medicine akataura kuti Smellie nomubatsiri wake uye gare gare mukwikwidzi William Hunter vakanga vane mhosva yokuuraya vakadzi vakawanda vaiva nepamuviri kuti vawane mitumbi yokuongorora muviri uye kuedza kwokuziva muviri. Nemhaka yokusawirirana kwakakwana pakati pokugoverwa kwezvitunha nezvinodikanwa, masayendisiti aifanira kuwana dzimwe nzira, kazhinji kazhinji dzaida nzira dzisiri pamutemo, dzokuwana nadzo. Shelton akakarakadza kuti ava varapi vaviri vakashandisa izvo zvaizodaidzwa gare gare kuti burking, pashure pomhondi William Burke, uyo akauraya vanhu 16 achibvumirana naWilliam Hare, achitengesa mitumbi yacho kuna Dr. Robert Knox. Akaratidza kuti kupamba makuva kwakanga kusiri mutoo wakakwana kupfurikidza nawo vanachiremba vanobereka vana vaigona kuwana rudzi chairwo rwenyama inodikanwa nokuda kwokuedza nokuveza. Muna 1755, paiva nekubvunzurudzwa kwokuwana kwaSmellie zvitunha. Mhosva zhinji dzacho dzakabva kune vaikwikwidzana naye, uye achitya kutongwa uye kunyange kuurayiwa, Smellie akarega basa rake kwemakore anoverengeka mukuedza kubvisa fungidziro dzakanga dzamutswa. 