Anatomical machines Anatomical machines The anatomical machines (Italian: "macchine anatomiche") are a couple of anatomical models reproducing the human circulatory system, exposed in the Cappella Sansevero in Naples. Realised in the second half of the 18th century, they are built on top of a couple of human skeletons, a male and a female. The reproduction of the vessel system was realised with metal wire, wax and silk, but because of its richness in details, for a long time it was believed that it was of natural origin instead. The models were commissioned by Raimondo di Sangro, prince of Sansevero, and realised by
Anatomical fugitive sheet as Edward William Tuson's ""A supplement to myology"", (London 1828), Gustave Joseph Witkowski's ""Anatomie iconoclastique"" (Paris 1874-1876) and Étienne Rabaud's ""Anatomie élémentaire du corps humain"" (Paris 1900). More recently Jonathan Miller's pop-up book ""The human body"" (London 1983), employed the same principle. Anatomical fugitive sheet Anatomical fugitive sheets are illustrations of the human body specially created to display internal organs and structures. Hinged flaps enable the viewer to see a body as if in various stages of dissection. They appeared for the first time in the 16th century and became popular as instructional aids. The parts were labelled, making it