Terrific shot, Rick! Brilliant idea to get that PoV.

On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 9:06 PM, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote:
> A shot from the head of the table of the Anatomical Theater of the University 
> of Padua, first used in 1595, and the first in Europe.  It is preserved but 
> no longer in use.  In its heyday, hundreds of medical students occupied the 
> circular tiers above, leaning over to see the dissection.
>
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14891531&size=lg
>
> (K-7, DA 16-45)
>
> Dissection of cadavers was legal in the Republic of Venice, as long as the 
> remains were given a proper burial afterwards.
>
> Rick

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-bmw

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