It's #WorldAnatomyDay!
To celebrate here's a stunning woodcut illustration from our first edition of "De Humani Corporis Fabrica" by Andreas Vesalius. Published in 1543 the book was a major breakthrough in the development of modern anatomy
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![Section of a handwritten letter in blue ink, reading 'I would like to render you a report of my health, as I think one id due about October. Well I am very pleased to say that I have survived an alarming experience during the last 3 days + nights of 'Fog'. I was totally incapable of raising my body to an upstanding position or for that matter moving a limb owing to exertion of breathing or shall I say trying to hold on to LIFE. Well it is all over now thank God. My doctor has prescribed the necessary medicine and recommends a fluid diet. But I don't want to undergo such an experience again without having some remedy...".
From correspondence between patient WA and the Lady Almoner at Frimley [TB] Sanatorium, 1942-1957 [RLHBH/AL/3/27/9]. The patient goes on to make a request for a prescription for a respiratory mask to help with future smog, and a note indicates the Lady Almoner has requested a Burney Yeo inhaler (mask) for WA from the dispensary at the Brompton Hospital.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kpxxiqvlbi3oovm5uue5sbnh/bafkreiajtc6c4of5rumploqa35dw6z6o53bzsbn4p7je5rlxxg54jo2wlq)
