The Afterlife of the Leiden Anatomical Collections: Hands On, Hands Off

ISBN-13: 9781032094588 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 186 str.

Hieke Huistra

Opis

This book blends historical analysis, morbid anecdotes, and humour to show how nineteenth-century students and researchers handled preparations and put them out of the reach of lay audiences. In the process, it reveals what a centuries-old collection can teach us about today’s biobanks.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Hieke Huistra is an assistant professor in the history of science and medicine at Utrecht University.