Tag: medical history

  • 13. An Anatomical Atlas

    13. An Anatomical Atlas

    By Fiona Knight (@fionalillian_) Upon first glance, these decorated woodcut initials may appear quite charming, featuring little working cherubs. But upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that they’re engaging in something a bit more macabre – bloodletting, the assemblage of a skeleton, the transportation of a corpse and the dissection of one. This is because…