Wow, This sounds wonderful.  As you know I am a history buff.
Unfortunately, I cannot attend.

Let me know if it gets recorded.
Naomi Broering

On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 12:05 PM, Greenberg, Stephen (NIH/NLM) [E] <
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> Dear Colleagues,
>
> You are cordially invited to the next NLM History of Medicine lecture, to
> be held on Wednesday January 28, from 2pm to 3pm in the NLM Lister Hill
> Auditorium, Building 38A, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.
> Michael Sappol, PhD, Historian with the History of Medicine Division of the
> National Library of Medicine will speak on "The Apotheosis of the Dissected
> Plate: Spectacles of Layering and Transparency in 19th- and 20th-Century
> Anatomy."
>
> This is a story about "topographical anatomy - a tradition of slicing and
> sawing rather than cutting and carving - and its procedures for converting
> bodies from three dimensions to two dimensions and back again. In
> topographical cross-section anatomy, the frozen or mummified body is cut
> into successive layers that are then transcribed and reproduced as pages of
> a book or a sequence of prints or slides (sometimes with the original
> slices preserved as a sequence of specimens for the anatomical museum). The
> talk also confronts our ambivalent relation to anatomical images, which can
> serve as an effigy of self and other that we all inhabit. This talk
> features photographs of materials in the NLM collection by artist Mark
> Kessell.
>
> All are welcome.
>
> Sign language interpretation is provided. Individuals with disabilities
> who need reasonable accommodation to participate may contact Stephen
> Greenberg at 301-435-4995, e-mail [log in to unmask]<mailto:
> [log in to unmask]>, or the Federal Relay (1-800-877-8339).
>
> Due to current security measures at NIH, off-campus visitors are advised
> to consult the NLM Visitors and Security website:
>
> http://www.nlm.nih.gov/about/visitor.html
>
> Sponsored by:
> NLM's History of Medicine Division
> Jeffrey S. Reznick, PhD, Chief
>
> Event contact:
> Stephen J. Greenberg, MSLS, PhD
> Coordinator of Public Services
> History of Medicine Division
> National Library of Medicine, NIH
> 301-435-4995
> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>



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