Harvard library removes human skin from book binding
- Harvard Library removed a book with a cover made from human skin due to ethical concerns.
- The book was bound with skin taken without consent from a deceased female patient.
- The removed skin is now in secure storage at Harvard Library for further research.
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A library book covered with the skin of a human has caused a stir at Harvard for ten years. Now the elite university is telling you what to do with “Fates of the Soul” -- and what it said on the note its owner wrote.
Harvard University has removed human skin from the binding of a copy of Arsène Houssaye's book Des destinées de l'âme (The destinies of the soul, 1880), kept in one of its libraries. The first owner of the volume, the French doctor and bibliophile Ludovic Bouland (1839-1933), bound the book with skin that he took without consent from the body of a patient who died in the hospital where he worked. A handwritten note by Bouland inserted in the vol…
Harvard removes human skin from binding of 19th century book
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. >> Harvard University said it has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th century book about the afterlife that has been in its collections since the 1930s. The decision came after a review found ethical concerns with the book’s origin and history.
Harvard Removes Book Crafted With Human Skin From University Library - American Faith
Harvard University has announced it will remove a book made from human skin from its Houghton library. In a press release, Harvard said the book Des Destinées de l’Ame, which has reportedly been in its library since the 1930s, will be removed from its shelves. According to Ivy League university, the book’s first owner was French physician Dr. Ludovic Bouland, who crafted the book with skin from a deceased female patient in a hospital where he wo…
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