Morbid Anatomy

Morbid Anatomy is one of my favourite blogs. It's jam packed with images, links and articles on all things anatomical with a dark twist.

These images (left and below) are from the book Dissection: Photographs of a Rite of Passage in American Medicine 1880–1930 by John Harley Warner and James M. Edmonson. If you visit the blog, you'll find an insightful interview with the co-publisher and editor of the collection that shines light on the history of the images.

The blog itself represents an actual Morbid Anatomy Library in Brookyn, New York. Apparently it's open to the public if you make an appointment (I know where I'd be spending a few afternoons each month). The library is part of the Proteus Gowanus Interdisciplinary Gallery and Reading Room:

Morbid Anatomy is a project begun in 2007 to survey the interstices of art and medicine, death and culture. The Morbid Anatomy Library houses the ever-growing collection of books, catalogs, photographs, articles, ephemera and artifacts as source material for the ongoing Morbid Anatomy endeavor.