 How bizarre. Original engravings from a book by the Dutch anatomist Frederick Ruysch (1638-1731). Go and have a look. This is more than just weird. This is megaweird."Frederik Ruysch (1638-1731) was a Dutch anatomist and a pioneer in techniques of preserving organs and tissue. In addition to his scientific contributions, he made artistic arrangements of his material. He had his own museum of curiosities, and among the displays were a number of dioramas assembled from body parts and starring melodramatic fetal skeletons. A few of these were captured in meticulous detail "drawn from life" by the engraver Cornelius Huyberts. These engravings were inserted as foldouts in various early 18th century editions of Ruysch's works." Found via the highly recommendable Dublog
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