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"The Museum Vrolikianum in Amsterdam was famous amongst scientists and medical men all over Europe in the nineteenth century. No visit to the city was complete without taking the opportunity to gaze in admiration at its five thousand specimens, ranging from curious stillbirths to human skeletons - healthy or diseased - and all kinds of exotic and not-so-exotic animals." "Recent scientific publications have brought this exceptional collection back into the limelight. With its wonderful photographs by Hans van den Bogaard, this book is certain to extend that renewed interest to an even wider audience." "Forces of Form provides a beautifully illustrated overview of Amsterdam's great tradition of anatomical collecting, homes in on the Vrolik Museum's long history and reveals the collection's huge scientific and cultural value. After all, a collection like this deserves to be seen." Laurens de Rooy is a medical history researcher and Curator of the Vrolik Museum, housed at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam. Hans van den Bogaard is a freelance photographer.
Foreword 7
Anatomy ornamented Luuc Kooijmans Kooijmans, Luuc 11
The poet and the tsar 32
The pathologisation of dissection Annet Mooij Mooij, Annet 35
Magic stones from the belly of an antelope 46
A cabinet departs Laurens De Rooy De Rooy, Laurens 59
Criminal heads 82
The foetus man Laurens De Rooy De Rooy, Laurens 85
A nerve-racking job for Lodewijk Bolk 110
Death keeps science alive Roelof Jan Oostra Oostra, Roelof Jan 113
Mangled by fashion 130
List of captions 133
Bibliography 141
About the contributors 143
Overview
"The Museum Vrolikianum in Amsterdam was famous amongst scientists and medical men all over Europe in the nineteenth century. No visit to the city was complete without taking the opportunity to gaze in admiration at its five thousand specimens, ranging from curious stillbirths to human skeletons - healthy or diseased - and all kinds of exotic and not-so-exotic animals." "Recent scientific publications have brought this exceptional collection back into the limelight. With its wonderful photographs by Hans van den Bogaard, this book is certain to