Teaching anatomy to our great-grandparents

POP-UP MEDICINE A life-size cardboard manikin that students used. 

The 175-year-old National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Md., is best known these days for its PubMed database, the pre-eminent digital catalog of the biomedical literature. But like many digital giants, the library has its dusty analog past — otherwise known as a closet full of stuff. 

[...] (in 19th century) American students could flip open dozens of doors on a life-size cardboard manikin and pretend to dissect or, if they preferred, to operate. Opening still other doors illuminated the disastrous effects of alcohol, narcotics and tight corsets on the human body. 

Da Zuger A,  Art and Artistry of Our Anatomy.

Bibliografia: 


Sappol M, Svenson A, Lindgren L, Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine  Blast Books (2012)

Zuger A,  Art and Artistry of Our Anatomy. The New York Times,  July 16, 2012.