#  Ongoing Exhibit, "Body of Knowledge, A History of Anatomy {in 3 Parts}" - runs March 6 - December 5 

 



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 **November 15, 2014** 

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 **Special Exhibition Gallery, Science Center, Harvard University, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA**  



 

 



 

**Exhibit:** "**Body of Knowledge, A History of Anatomy {in 3 Parts}**"  
**Dates:** Exhibit will run from March 6, 2014 - December 5, 2014  
**For complete exhibit details visit:** [http://chsi.harvard.edu/chsi\_specex.html   ](http://chsi.harvard.edu/chsi_specex.html)  
"**Body of Knowledge**" explores the act of anatomizing not as a process of mapping a finite arrangement of bodily structures, but as a complex social and cultural activity. By means of a diachronic perspective, the exhibit narrative cuts through the multiplicity of anatomical practices, presenting three important moments in the history of anatomy: sixteenth century dissections and anatomical drawings, nineteenth century anatomical practices, and contemporary use of both cadavers and digital technology for anatomic education. "**Body of Knowledge**" hopes to capture the complexity of the many people, places, and meanings involved in human dissection.

"**Body of Knowledge**" in the Media  
[Getting Ready for Their Closeup](https://www.countway.harvard.edu/menuNavigation/chom/exhibit.html), Countway Library of Medicine News Online  
 "[Head of the Class](http://hms.harvard.edu/news/head-class-11-21-13)," Harvard Medical School News Online  
 "[New Exhibit Explores History and Science of Human Dissection](http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/3/7/history-of-science-anatomy-exhibit/)," Harvard Crimson, 3/7/2014  
 "[Exquisite, Disturbing Objects From 500 Years of Human Anatomical Science](http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2014/03/human-anatomy/)," WIRED Magazine, 3/10/20134  
 "[Medical curiosities in new Harvard Museums exhibit](http://boingboing.net/2014/03/11/medical-curiosities-in-new-har.html)," boingboing.net, 3/11/014  
 "[Bodies of Knowledge](http://harvardmagazine.com/2014/03/bodies-of-knowledge)," Campus News, Harvard Magazine Online, 3/14/2014  
 "[Body Exhibit](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/04/body-exhibit/)," Harvard Gazette, 4/24/2014

"**Body of Knowledge**" Related Links  
[Warren Anatomical Museum](https://www.countway.harvard.edu/menuNavigation/chom/warren.html), Countway Library, Harvard Medical School  
Submissions for "Body of Knowledge..." from the [Center of the History of Medicine, Harvard Medical School](http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/exhibits/show/body-of-knowledge--a-history-o).  
 View an annotated digital volume of the '[De Humani Corporis Fabrica' by Andreas Vesalius online](http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/flash/vesalius/vesalius.html).  
 Read a contemporary account of the [Tewksbury Almshouse Scandal](http://chsi.harvard.edu/documents/tewksinvestcommittee.pdf).  
  
**Sponsored by**  
The David P. Wheatland Charitable Trust  
 The Ackerman Program on Medicine & Culture  
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation  
Harvard Museums of Science and Culture  
  
**For complete exhibit details visit:** [http://chsi.harvard.edu/chsi\_specex.html ](http://chsi.harvard.edu/chsi_specex.html)



 

 



 

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