E2: The Punished Dilettante

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Jen tries her best to gross out Dave and Tracy with bizarre tales of the preservation of human body parts for “educational” (?) purposes. Please note that you might not want to be eating while you listen to this one.

CW: Suicide, depictions of corpses.

Sources and Further Reading

Brenna, C. T. (2022). Bygone theatres of events: A history of human anatomy and dissection. The Anatomical Record, 305(4), 788-802. https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ar.24764

Cenzi, I. (2016, October 24). The punished suicide. Death and the maiden. https://web.archive.org/web/20230607185405/https://deadmaidens.com/2016/10/24/the-punished-suicide/

De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem (2025, August 26). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Humani_Corporis_Fabrica_Libri_Septem 

Doughty, C. (2016, December 15). The Punished Suicide (Morbid Minute). [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rhtgD393VQ&ab_channel=CaitlinDoughty  

Ebenstein, J. (2013, September 13). “Artist of Death” Frederik Ruysch at NYAM: Guest Post by Morbid Anatomy’s Joanna Ebenstein. NYAM: History of Medicine and Public Health. https://nyamcenterforhistory.org/2013/09/13/artist-of-death-frederik-ruysch-at-nyam-guest-post-by-morbid-anatomys-joanna-ebenstein/ 

Ebenstein, J. (n.d.). Fetal skeleton tableau, 17th century, university backroom, Paris. [Photograph]. NYAM: History of Medicine and Public Health. https://nyamcenterforhistory.org/2013/09/13/artist-of-death-frederik-ruysch-at-nyam-guest-post-by-morbid-anatomys-joanna-ebenstein/fetal-skeleton-tableau-17th-century-university-backroom-paris/

Embalming Jars of Frederik Ruysch (2012, January 24). The Public Domain Review. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-embalming-jars-of-frederik-ruysch/ 

Evelyn tables. (2025, August 26). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_tables   

Hansen, J. V. (1996). Resurrecting death: Anatomical art in the cabinet of Dr. Frederik Ruysch. The Art Bulletin, 78(4), 663–679. https://doi.org/10.1080/00043079.1996.10786711

John Evelyn. (2025, August 26). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Evelyn

Kooijmans, L. (2014, March 5). Frederik Ruysch: The artist of death. In The public domain review. https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/frederik-ruysch-the-artist-of-death/ 

Kunstkamera. (2025). https://collection.kunstkamera.ru/en 

Mazierski, D. (2012). The cabinet of Frederick Ruysch and the Kunstkamera of Peter the Great: Past and present. Journal of Biocommunication, 38, 31-40. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David-Mazierski/publication/261835186_The_Cabinet_of_Frederick_Ruysch_and_the_Kunstkamera_of_Peter_the_Great_Past_and_Present/links/02e7e5359c55d5b9ec000000/The-Cabinet-of-Frederick-Ruysch-and-the-Kunstkamera-of-Peter-the-Great-Past-and-Present.pdf

O'Malley, C. D. (1968). John Evelyn and medicine. Medical History, 12(3), 219-231. https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/1E865C58DE7C25BF3C013518953182D8/S0025727300013260a.pdf/div-class-title-john-evelyn-and-medicine-a-href-fn01-ref-type-fn-a-div.pdf

Rempel, J. (2025). Evelyn Tables [Photograph].

Vannini, C. (2016). The punished suicide [Photograph]. Death & the Maiden. https://web.archive.org/web/20210731225028im_/https://deadmaidens.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/pic-1.jpg

Zampieri, F., Zanatta, A., & Rippa Bonati, M. (2011). L’enigma della “suicida punita”. Un grottesco preparato anatomico di Lodovico Brunetti (1813-1899) vincitore della medaglia d’oro all’Esposizione Universale di Parigi del 1867. Physis, Rivista Internazionale di Storia Della Scienza, 48(1-2), 297-338. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263078722_L'enigma_della_suicida_punita_Un_grottesco_preparato_anatomico_di_Lodovico_Brunetti_1813-1899_vincitore_della_medaglia_d'oro_all'Esposizione_Universale_di_Parigi_del_1867

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