The 19th century anatomist, artist and surgeon Joseph Maclise’s anatomical subjects are often very beautiful men.

In 2010, an anatomical study of the body organs of a wax figure at La Specola and worked out how she died.

As exotic tales persist over their origins as war trophies, these shrunken heads at Surfers Paradise are a reminder of the fine line between cultural heritage and controversial exhibit.

What happened to all the dissection poetry and literature?

When researching my book, I was surprised to learn how mysterious and alluring human brain anatomy and brain structure was to anatomists, surgeons and students.

In May 2022, Fraser Holden was given a devastating diagnosis. He was told he had motor neurone disease (MND), a fatal neurological condition where motor nerves in the spine and brain slowly lose function. There is no cure and sufferers eventually can no longer move or speak. It is a cruel condition.

Did you know the reason books have sections is actually because of anatomy? According to the historian Richard Sugg, the idea of cutting up, analysing and methodically dissecting a topic in fact comes from anatomical dissection, first spilling into popular culture around the late 1500s.