Originally Posted by
ZeroGear
That...isn't entirely accurate. I read the original story back in college more than 10 yers ago, but I do remember that Victor Frankenstein made a point that the brain he was using belonged to a criminal. So yeah, he may have dug up parts to study, but he also robbed graves for materials, and I think made a significant point about picking parts that weren't significantly rotted.
So yeah, while you are right that the creature was essentially a newborn in an adult body, it always confused me why he had no memories upon his creation.