
Centre-stage Cadavers: a Tour of the Anatomical Theatre in Bologna, Italy
There are gold embossed crests and splashes of colour all over the walls of the Biblioteca dell'Archiginnasio. You wouldn't expect anything less than regal scrolls and vaulted corridors from one of Europe's oldest seats of learning, the university of Bologna in Italy. Learning comes at a price, though; and chances are if you were staring at this next exquisitely carved ceiling, you weren't long for this world. Welcome to the Teatro Anatomico, where operations and autopsies we