Seventeenth century Dutch doctor's anatomy specimens go on show
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Anatomical specimens collected by a groundbreaking seventeenth century Dutch doctor, Frederik Ruysch, are going on show in Amsterdam University抯 library.
The exhibition includes the head of a 3 month old child and a display showing a month old fetus in the hand of a newborn baby. All were originally preserved by being pickled in alcohol, and the bottles were sealed with pig抯 bladders, resin, and pitch.
The specimens have been borrowed from an exhibition in St Petersburg where they have been kept since Ruysch sold 2000 specimens to Peter the Great in 1717.
Ruysch, a member of Britain抯 Royal Society, was an important and controversial figure in the early development of anatomy. His methods for presenting specimens, such as suspending them on a horse抯 hair or held in a human hand, were regarded more as art than science. But making tiny parts of anatomy visible meant that his work became an important guide to the early discovery of the human body.(Utrecht Tony Sheldon)
The exhibition includes the head of a 3 month old child and a display showing a month old fetus in the hand of a newborn baby. All were originally preserved by being pickled in alcohol, and the bottles were sealed with pig抯 bladders, resin, and pitch.
The specimens have been borrowed from an exhibition in St Petersburg where they have been kept since Ruysch sold 2000 specimens to Peter the Great in 1717.
Ruysch, a member of Britain抯 Royal Society, was an important and controversial figure in the early development of anatomy. His methods for presenting specimens, such as suspending them on a horse抯 hair or held in a human hand, were regarded more as art than science. But making tiny parts of anatomy visible meant that his work became an important guide to the early discovery of the human body.(Utrecht Tony Sheldon)