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SUMMARY:Skeletons in the cabinet and the Grand Tour of anatomy - Margaret 
 Carlyle (Department of History and Philosophy of Science)
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CONTACT:Natalie Lawrence
DESCRIPTION:Human anatomy has typically been discussed in one of two ways.
  First\, within the medical tradition\, as a subject whose mastery was a r
 equirement to practice medicine. Second\, as a messy\, impolite pursuit un
 fit for public consumption. This talk offers a third way by situating huma
 n anatomy within regimes of early modern natural history knowledge product
 ion and display. It argues that the activities of creating\, collecting\, 
 preserving\, displaying\, handling\, and appreciating anatomical curiositi
 es contributed to the taste for anatomy as a public science\, the social p
 rofile of the anatomist\, and the completion of a gentleman's education. T
 o do so\, this paper develops the concept of the 'anatomy cabinet' as the 
 space where anatomists\, natural history collectors\, and curious travelle
 rs encountered anatomy in a variety of material and notional forms. It des
 ignates the 'anatomy cabinet' as the site where anatomical knowledge was c
 reated\, packaged\, collected\, and dispensed as part of the sociable and 
 worldly 'Grand Tour of Anatomy'\, which is presented as a variation of the
  educational journey that brought enlightened travellers from Paris to the
  rest of Europe and back again. It charts how gentlemen connoisseurs acqui
 red and arranged specimens like skeletons and travelled to experience the 
 cabinets of Europe's great anatomists. Finally\, it demonstrates how 18th-
 century anatomy was as much the messy\, morally dubious activity of dissec
 ting bodies as preserving and reproducing them in new forms for polite dis
 play and consumption.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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