1st Edition
The Afterlife of the Leiden Anatomical Collections Hands On, Hands Off
By Hieke Huistra
Copyright 2019
186 Pages
14 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
186 Pages
14 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
186 Pages
14 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The Afterlife of the Leiden Anatomical Collections starts where most stories end: after death. It tells the story of thousands of body parts kept in bottles and boxes in nineteenth-century Leiden – a story featuring a struggling medical student, more than one disappointed anatomist, a monstrous child, and a glorious past. Hieke Huistra blends historical analysis, morbid anecdotes, and humour to... Read more
Introduction
1. Remove Lid Before Use: How Students Handled Anatomical Preparations
2. Make Do and Mend: How Researchers Used Old Collections in New Medicine
3. Dead Body in the Closet: How Lay Visitors Disappeared from Institutional Anatomical Collections
4. Adieu Albinus: How the University Governors Lost Their Status Symbol
Conclusion: In Perpetual Motion: Anatomical Collections Then and Now
Biography
Hieke Huistra is an assistant professor in the history of science and medicine at Utrecht University.
