Employee as surgeon. Submitted by thetwogermanys.
From Recherches cliniques et thérapeutiques sur l’épilepsie, l’hystérie et l’Idiotie by Désiré Magloire Bourneville (1899). Does not include metadata indicating library of origination or date of digitization (but does include Stanford library artifacts).
Foreshortening of the body when a plate is left folded; fracturing the body with the page gutter.
From A System of Anatomy for the Use of Students of Medicine, v.1, by Caspar Wistar (1835). Original from Harvard University. Digitized November 27, 2007.
“But as I scrolled down on the page in one-page view, I saw the hand creep up from the bottom of the page. This same effect can be achieved by just scrolling through this page itself, but that excitement of seeing the hand sneak up is lost when the page is translated to print. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still exciting to see proof of a Google employee’s existence, but something would be lost if this were converted to print because part of the excitement in the Art of Google Books project is finding the anomalies for ourselves.
The other half of the allure of this screenshot is the fact that it is from a medical dictionary, which is studying humanity in a very mechanical way, breaking down the naturalistic into biological bits. Then, after this analysis of understanding of the human body, we see the synergetic combination of human interaction (the hand of the Google employee) mixed with the mechanical apparatus (the camera scanning technology). There is proof that humans are the ones that have written and studied ourselves.”
Submitted by Danny Ennis, of Dr. Terry Harpold’s University of Florida course Hypermedia: Futures of Reading.
From p. 104 of The American Medical Illustrated Dictionary by William Alexander Newman Dorland (1915). Original from Harvard University. Digitized May 30, 2008.
Turning page.
From p. 124 (?) of The Diseases of Women with Child by François Mauriceau and Hugh Chamberlen (1727). Original from the Bavarian State Library. Digitized November 19, 2009.
Plate left folded through digitization; same leaf from the back, showing the illustration through the page.
From p. 18 of “The First Treatise, Concerning the Veines,” from The Workes of that Famous Chirurgion Ambrose Parey (Ambroise Paré) trans. by Tho. Johnson, with three tracts of Adrianus Spigelius (Adriaan van den Spiegel) (1649).
![Rubber band (?) left in book.
From p. 41 of A Guide to the Practical Examination of Urine, by James Tyson (1891). [Here]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvxr57TMEX1qixa76o1_1280.png)
Rubber band (?) left in book.
From p. 41 of A Guide to the Practical Examination of Urine, by James Tyson (1891). [Here]
Medical diagrams left folded through digitization, creating some mutant, multi- or non-functioning organs.
From various pages of The Philosophical Transactions and Collections to the End of the Year MDCC, Abridged, and Disposed under General Heads, v. 3, ed. John Lowthorp (1749). [Here]
For more like this, check out the forthcoming show FOLDED: Absurd Machines, Novel Topographies, Hybrid Creatures and Impossible Vistas, curated by Krissy Wilson of The Art of Google Books, at The Meadow, in Chicago, IL, between November 5th and 15th.
![Printed plate left folded through digitization.
From p. 221 of The Art of Surgery, by Daniel Turner (1736). [Here]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsgqxcmsLx1qixa76o1_400.png)
Printed plate left folded through digitization.
From p. 221 of The Art of Surgery, by Daniel Turner (1736). [Here]
Printed plates photographed through protective tissue; anatomical torsos depicting spine curvature.
From various pages of Practical Observations on the Causes and Treatment of Curvatures of the Spine by Samuel Hare (1838). [Here]
Printed plates left folded through digitization; anatomical content.
From various pages of An Essay on Crookedness, or Distortions of the Spine by Philip Jones (1788). [Here]
![Colored plate partially obscured by protective tissue; “censors” the graphic illustrations of hydatid testes.
From p.296 of Principles and Practice of Surgery by Sir Astley Cooper (1836). [Here]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq6k9hXxeK1qixa76o1_400.png)
Colored plate partially obscured by protective tissue; “censors” the graphic illustrations of hydatid testes.
From p.296 of Principles and Practice of Surgery by Sir Astley Cooper (1836). [Here]
![Newspaper clipping pasted into front endpaper, digitized; topics include “useful medical hints” and (remarkably!) a “cure for cancers”. Donation bookplate placed sideways to accommodate clippings.
From front matter of Homœopathic Domestic Practice by Egbert Guernsey (1857). [Here]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq6jpduVkD1qixa76o1_400.png)
Newspaper clipping pasted into front endpaper, digitized; topics include “useful medical hints” and (remarkably!) a “cure for cancers”. Donation bookplate placed sideways to accommodate clippings.
From front matter of Homœopathic Domestic Practice by Egbert Guernsey (1857). [Here]
Diagrams left folded through digitization; anatomical plates of teeth.
From An Essay on the Structure and Formation of the Teeth in Man and Various Animals by Robert Blake (1801). [Here]
Image from advertisement chosen to represent cover of book (“For the treatment of spine disease… Apparatus for suspension”); warped slightly, color-corrected
From Medical Press and Circular (Jan.-June 1878). [Here]
![Medical diagram left folded; human body foreshortened
From p.32-3 of Robb & Co.’s Family Physician by R. L. Robb (1882). [Here]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lolsirABJs1qixa76o1_500.png)
Medical diagram left folded; human body foreshortened
From p.32-3 of Robb & Co.’s Family Physician by R. L. Robb (1882). [Here]
