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Raiders of the Human Body: The Vanities of Dr Ruysch

on BBC Two England

Continuing the series of profiles of early anatomists.

A look at how Dr Frederick Ruysch learned the secret of preserving human remains in the 17th century, and how his grisly collection of anatomical still lives came to be on display in a bizarre museum in St Petersburg.
(Fragonard the Obscure is tomorrow, 11.20pm)

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