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In Frederik Ruysch’s volumes of ‘Alle de ontleed- genees- en heelkundige werken’ (Amsterdam, 1744), we have a #CreepyCollection of #CreepyCollections. The engraved illustrations like the one pictured here depict the dioramas created by the Dutch anatomist in the late 17th century as demonstrator of anatomy at the Surgeon’s Guild in Amsterdam. His renowned “repository of curiosities” exhibited fetal skeletons posed in curious landscapes of plants and preserved body parts. Visit the link in our bio to learn more about Ruysch and early anatomical preparations in NLM's Dream Anatomy exhibition.

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