The book, bound in human flesh and housed in Houghton Library for almost a century, was so popular that it had inspired hazing rituals at Harvard University. College students employed by the ...
Ten years ago, Dr. Jeff Lichtman — a professor of molecular and cellular biology at Harvard University — received a small brain sample in his lab. Although tiny, the 1 cubic millimeter of tissue was ...
Harvard University removed human skin from the binding of "Des destinées de l'âme" in Houghton Library Wednesday after a ...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (TMX) -- Harvard University has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th-century text because it was taken without consent from a deceased woman. Harvard Library announced ...
(The Hill) – The Harvard Library announced Wednesday it had removed a human skin binding from a 19th century book that has been in the building for decades. “Des Destinées de l’Ame,” a ...
Harvard University has removed human skin binding from a 19th century book housed in its library. The book is a copy of Des Destinées de l'âme, a meditation on the soul and life after death, first ...