I just wanted to call everyone's attention to two sites recently mounted
by the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine
featuring early illustrated books. The first item includes an incunable
woodcut of conjoined twins, the second a number of images from our
veterinary medicine collection:
>From 'Monsters' to Modern Medical Miracles: Selected Moments in the
History of Conjoined Twins from Medieval to Modern Times:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/conjoined/index.html
The Horse: A Mirror of Man: Parallels in Early Human and Horse Medicine:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/horse/
Thanks,
Michael J. North, northm@mail.nlm.nih.gov
Head of Rare Books & Early Manuscripts
History of Medicine Division
National Library of Medicine
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894
(301) 496-9204 * fax (301) 402-0872
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd
National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services