Stories
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Printing the body
The 18th century saw multiple technical developments in both printing and medicine. Colourful collaborations ensued – to the benefit of growing ranks of medical students.
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The painter, the psychiatrist and a fashion for hysteria
A dramatic painting brings a famous event in medical history alive. But it also tells a tale about the health preoccupations of the time.
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Beating the bodysnatchers
When a rise in grave robbing called for strong measures, mortsafes became the unassailable solution. Allison C. Meier explores.
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Mapping the body
These intricate anatomical drawings show how Ayurveda practitioners have explored the human body and how it works.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Anatomy Lectures, 18th Century
Date: c. 1760Reference: MS.5741- Archives and manuscripts
Physiological and surgical lecture notes, Utrecht, 18th century
Date: Late 18th centuryReference: MS.8583Part of: Medical lecture notes, Utrecht, 18th century.- Archives and manuscripts
Anatomy: 18th cent.
Date: Early 18th centuryReference: MS.941- Archives and manuscripts
Petit, Antoine (1718-1794), physician, Professor of Anatomy at the Jardin du Roi, Paris
Date: 1755-c.1780Reference: MS.7389/23-32Part of: Miscellany: French, 18th century- Archives and manuscripts
Course of Anatomy
Date: Mid 18th centuryReference: MS.MSL.8/1Part of: Anatomical and Surgical Lecture Notes