Lot 252

[SIDESHOW / ODDITIES]. Anatomical Oddities / Medical Autops...

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[SIDESHOW / ODDITIES]. Anatomical Oddities / Medical Autopsy Stock Poster. Hamburg: Adolph Friedl?nder, [1913]. No. 6027. Color lithograph stock poster with a central image of a surgical autopsy performance; the surgeon holding a woman's heart in his hand. He is surrounded by anatomical oddities encased in glass including busts of a bearded lady, a sword swallower, a two-headed conjoined twin child, lion-headed boy, dismembered limbs, and various human musculoskeletal specimens. Above them is a scene of a war wounded soldier and a man facing amputation. 28 x 37 ?". Linen backed. Expertly repaired with inpainting to original folds. Marginal restorations and closed tears. Light staining and discoloration throughout. A-/B+.