A multidisciplinary team at Rice University transformed the Texas Medical Center (TMC) Library’s collection of rare anatomy atlases into a physical-digital, human-sized atlas-of-atlases. The Electronic Vesalius installation gives these old books new life, informed by contemporary media theory and the centuries of medical and aesthetic criticism provoked by these multimedia image-texts.

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Anatomy of the Siren, or Marine Human

Fig. 2 shows this sea siren’s rib. This plate is taken from the entry on Sirenis seu marini hominis anatome (“Anatomy of the Siren or Marine Human”), from Thomas Bartholin’s 1654 crypto-anatomy, Historiarum Anatomicarum Rariorum Centuria I et II. Thanks to Lynn Zhu for translation of this entry from Bartholin. (Photo: John C. Mulligan)

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Sensor Network Layout Prototyping

This shows a working, prototype layout of the sensor network which was eventually transferred to the final, acrylic model. Visible are the several detection boards and two arduinos, organized to manage the relative lengths of the wire traces. The model’s bottom-most labels are not yet wired at this stage. (Photo: Benjamin Rasich)

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Andreas Vesalius, 1543, Fifth Table of Muscles

High-resolution scan of the fifth table of muscles and facing page from Andreas Vesalius’ 1543 De Humani Corporis Fabrica, held in the TMC Library. Used as the base image for our printed model. (Photo: John C. Mulligan)

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