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Wow, I love how the physical copies of Fabrica are as interesting as their author and their historical context and importance to Western medicine. Another inte
by lofatdairy 3y ago
Wow, I love how the physical copies of Fabrica are as interesting as their author and their historical context and importance to Western medicine.
Another interesting copy is the one bound in human skin at Brown.
- mindcrime 3y agoAnother interesting copy is the one bound in human skin at Brown. Shouldn't that be at Miskatonic?
- WillAdams 3y agoApparently, for a time, it was in vogue for medical students to have a medical text rebound in the skin of their human cadaver from their autopsy class.
- OJFord 3y agoI'm not sure widespread that particular tradition might have been, but if anyone's interested in the practice in general: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropodermic_bibliopegy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropodermic_bibliopegy
- jhbadger 3y agoIn a sense it is -- HPL based Miskatonic on his local hometown university -- Brown is in Providence.
- fsckboy 3y agohttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dark-archives-human-skin-books https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dark-archives-human-sk...