
The exhibition draws strongly upon a wide range of material from the Wellcome Library: manuscripts, books, paintings and advertising material. A small sample then, of the Library's enormous holdings on this theme.
If a visit to the exhibition inspires you to seek out more on the topics covered in the exhibition, we may be able to help...
Image: Male écorché figure, of whom only the right side of his body has been flayed. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 16th century (Wellcome Library no. 99i)