美国大学居然收藏这些东西!人皮做的书都有!
A book made of human skin…. and 5 other bizarre items owned by American colleges University libraries in America have a wide variety of first edition books, ground-breaking research and comfortable chairs for tired scholars to nap on. But for those looking for more adventure, they often have stranger fare tucked away in a dusty forgotten corner. Here are a list of American colleges’ more special collections. 1. Book Bound in Human Skin 人皮书 The Houghton Library at Harvard University have a copy of the French book Des destinees de l'ame that has a grizzly personal touch. The book was bound in the skin taken from an unclaimed deceased patient using a technique known as anthropodermic bibliopegy. The book itself is said to be a meditation of life after death, a perfect theme for its creepy cover. 2. Wilder Brain Collection“怀德”大脑展 The Cornell University Department of Psychology has an macabre exhibit dedicated to the most important of human organs—the brain. The Wilder Brain collection can be viewed in the school’s Uris Hall and carries the gray matter of numerous notable figures including the mind of the collection’s founder, Cornell Professor of Anatomy Burt Green Wilder. 3. University of Tennessee Body Farm 田纳西大学的“人体农场” Chances are you’ll smell before you see what’s behind the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. The multi-acre plot of land is home to the school’s Anthropological Research Facility, more commonly known as its Body Farm. More than a hundred human bodies lay exposed in the facility which was designed to study the decomposition of human remains. 4. The Voynich Manuscript 伏尼契手稿 Yale University has an entire library dedicated to rare and unique works, but probably none are more mysterious than the Voynich Manuscript. Acquired by a Polish book dealer in 1912, the centuries-old book was donated to Yale University in the 1960s. It still stands as one of most famous cases in cryptography. In decades of study, by both professional and amateur codebreakers, no one yet has been able to decipher it. But maybe you can be the one to crack the code. 5. Puppetry Collection 木偶收藏 The University of California, Santa Barbara is known for its wild parties, laidback attitude and location right on the Pacific Ocean. However, its library also has its own share of special collections, most notably one on the ancient art of puppetry. The Betsy Brown Puppetry Collection has pretty much anything and everything on puppets and puppetry, including programs of puppet shows, scores of puppet periodicals and, of course, plenty of the marionettes themselves. 6. The Skull of Phineas Gage费尼斯•盖吉(PHINEAS GAGE)的头颅 The Countway Library of Medicine, associated with Harvard and Boston Universities, has an exhibit dedicated to the curious case of Phineas Gage. Gage was working on a railroad when an explosion blew an iron straight through his head, destroying much of the left side of his brain. Amazingly, Gage not only survived, but was able to walk to get treatment and answer questions almost immediately after the accident. Gage’s skull, along with the iron that made him famous, was donated after his death and passed on for public viewing at the library. @看东西_Kandongsee Kandongsee (看东西)是由来自中国和西方顶尖大学的“学霸团队”创办的,旨在为中国学生剖析西方文化并介绍真实的留学生活。 欢迎关注我们!微信: Kandongsee 感谢你的关注与支持! |