Eerie Anatomy Periscope Tour of Medical Texts in the Dibner Library
Description:
The Smithsonian Libraries held a Periscope tour of the Dibner Library for the History of Science and Technology, taking a look at Eerie Anatomy rare books for Halloween week with Lilla Vekerdy, head of Special Collections. The tour includes the following works: Andreas Vesalius, De humani corporis fabrica. Basel, 1543 Realdo Columbo, Realdi Columbi Cremonensis, in almo Gymnasio Romano Anatomici celeberrimi, De re anatomica, libri XV. Venice, 1559. Bartolomeo Eustachi, Bernardi Siegfried Albini ... Explicatio tabularum anatomicarum Bartholomaei Eustachii ... Accedit tabularum editio nova. Leyden, 1744. John Lizars, A system of anatomical plates of the human body : accompanied with descriptions, and physiological, pathological, and surgical observations. Edinburgh [1840?] Just Christian von Loder, Anatomische Tafeln zur Beförderung der Kenntniss des menschlichen Körpers. Weimar, 1803. Georges Cuvier, Anatomie comparée : recueil de planches de myologie. Paris, [1850?].
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15 min 44 sec
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