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Harvard library removes human skin from book binding
A French physician "bound the book with skin he took without consent from the body of a deceased female patient," according to a statement by Harvard Library Wednesday.
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French physician Dr. Ludovic Bouland “bound the book with skin he took without consent from the body of a deceased female patient in a hospital where he worked,” according to Harvard Library.
Bouland included a handwritten note inside stating "a book about the human soul deserved to have a human covering,” said associate university librarian Thomas Hyry. The note also detailed the process behind preparing the skin for binding...