In the Netherlands, the anatomical studies of corpses were cleared from 1555, but only with the bodies of male offenders who have been condemned to death. The body of the thief
Adriaan Adriaanszoom -hanged for wounding a guard at Utrecht, was donated to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Amsterdam
the
January 31, 1632 . That day, on the autopsy table, Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
gave this class to a large group of students and onlookers, among whom was the painter Rembrandt
Hired by the doctor to portray in his famous Anatomy Lesson
. This curious article has been published in the magazine's 12
Criminology Quader where you can read in pdf format
.
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