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April 3, 2012 03:15 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/MSx9tPkr2Lg/on-the-history-of-books-bound.html
On the history of books bound in human flesh
From "the chirurgeon's apprentice," a fascinating and squick-inducing blog/website devoted to chronicling "the horrors of pre-anaesthetic surgery," an entry about the history of books bound in tanned human skin. Snip from details about the image shown above: And then there were books which claimed to be made from the human flesh but were, in fact, [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/MSx9tPkr2Lg/on-the-history-of-books-bound.html
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