Where’s Hippocrates?
By Helen King (W&M Monthly Contributor) Do you know the ‘Where’s Wally?’ series (in the US and Canada, ‘Where’s Waldo?’)? Readers are faced with a busy scene and are asked to find Wally,...
View ArticleImaginary body parts
Leonardo da Vinci, section through female body I’ve been thinking a lot about imaginary body parts recently. The Queen’s Gallery is opening a new exhibition of the anatomical drawings of Leonardo...
View ArticleTheatres of Anatomy
By Helen King (W&M contributor) I was recently lucky enough to visit for the first time two historic anatomy theatres: the oldest permanent structure, the Padua anatomy theatre of 1594, and the...
View ArticleFun with pigs
By Helen King Finally, I understand what it is about dissection… Regular readers will know that, among other things, I’m a visiting professor at a medical school. As a recently-founded medical...
View ArticleBodies at breakfast, and a grand day out
by Helen King (monthly contributor) I was recently talking to a breakfast group about ‘Bodies, ancient and modern’. No, I don’t know why they wanted to hear about bodies at breakfast, either – I...
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