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an old drawing of a man holding the back of another man's head and neck

Morbid Anatomy: Tonight and Tomorrow at Observatory: Extreme Taxidermy and Dubiously Sourced Bodies and Anatomical Learning!

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two women's heads are shown in an old book

In the 19th century, doctors couldn’t use photographs to teach their students about disease. So the physicians, surgeons, and anatomists of the 1800s built close relationships with artists, craftsmen, and publishers to produce beautiful (yet horrifically off-putting at times) illustrations.

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