today i attended a lecture on anatomy and the soul (in literature & medicine).
[image of andreas vesalius (1514-1564) and public dissection]
this is back when they thought drinking the blood of young red-headed 24-year-olds who suffered violent deaths would cure epilepsy (because the blood contained the soul - the 'spirits' that people wanted more of).
[image of andreas vesalius (1514-1564) and public dissection]this is back when they thought drinking the blood of young red-headed 24-year-olds who suffered violent deaths would cure epilepsy (because the blood contained the soul - the 'spirits' that people wanted more of).
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