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by WillAdams 865 days ago
Apparently, for a time, it was in vogue for medical students to have a medical text rebound in the skin of their human cadaver from their autopsy class.
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I'm not sure widespread that particular tradition might have been, but if anyone's interested in the practice in general: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropodermic_bibliopegy