That looks like a model of it, somehow, rather than the real thing.
I like it anyway, tho --

ann


On 1/4/2012 21:06, Rick Womer 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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