Source: “Model of human eye” (1870) by Dr. Auzoux – Wellcome Collection, CC BY 4.0. Image 2.

Anathomia is an anatomy book by the mysterious Pseudo-Galen. It features ‘muscle man’, ‘wounded man’, and a ‘human skeleton’ – who should have been named ‘bone man’.

Source: “Anathomia” (Unknown date) by Pseudo-Gale. Wellcome Images, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

“Guess – What’s in my mouth? Pull my hair – and see. It’s a Dr. Miles Laxative tablet. What did you suppose it was? It’s dandy to take. Because they taste like candy.”

Wow! A 20th century interactive laxative ad! Gosh darn.

Source: “Dr. Miles’ Laxative Tablets” (1910) by Miles Laboratories. Credit to National Library of Medicine, public domain.

There isn’t any information about this special anatomy case, medically or otherwise. There’s no way to tell if it’s based on an actual person. It appears that the individual in the image is suffering from multiple conditions.

This etching is from an anatomy book from the 17th century from the Netherlands. The printmaker was Jan Luyken, and the publisher was Jan Claesz ten Hoorn. Credit Rijksmuseum, public domain.

Fifty eyes in total. These artificial optical creations were made some time between 1900 and 1940.

Source: “Set of Fifty Artificial Eyes” (1900-1940) by E. Müller – Science Museum Group, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.