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Medicine

• Jun 29 2008
  Antique Microscope Slides by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Art, Data Presentation, Materials, Medicine, Product Design, Science, Visualization, history

  Before the Royal Microscopical Society introduced the rectangular glass slides and cover sheets, a "slider" was made from a disk of ivory or bone that was hollowed out with the sample inside, held between sheets of transparent mica (wikipedia). The Nonist has a small collection of these Victorian-era sliders, which are incredibly beautiful even without a microscope. (via Monoscope)
  
  
• Mar 02 2008
  Historic Anatomies Collection by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Art, Data Presentation, Graphic Design, Medicine, Visualization, history

  Another internet collection of fascinating images. The US National Library of Medicine has archived a number of important anatomical works by the likes of Andreas Vesalius, Albrecht Dürer, and Bartholomeo Eustachi, whose work is featured below.
  
  

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