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[Podfic] How to Dissect a Ghost

written by @uniasus, narrated by @apple-sapling

Original work: How to Dissect a Ghost by Uniasus

Full Length: 16:52 | Rating: T

Summary:

Maddie and Jack are determined to further the field of ectobiology by being the first to dissect a ghost - but they didn't realize it would be so complicated!

Thanks to Uniasus for writing and permission to podfic <3

Anatomical Illustrations from Edo-Period, Japan.

Japan’s second human dissection, 1758 // First human female dissection, 1759

In 1758, a student of Tōyō Yamawaki’s named Kōan Kuriyama performed Japan’s second human dissection (see illustration on left). The following year, Kuriyama produced a written record of Japan’s first dissection of a human female (see illustration on right). In addition to providing Japan with its first real peek at the female anatomy, this dissection was the first in which the carving was performed by a doctor. In previous dissections, the cutting work was done by hired assistants due to taboos associated with handling human remains.