The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp anomalous forearm muscle, the accessory abductor digiti minimi. "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Deijman", painted by Rembrandt in 1656, was intended to be displayed in the Anatomical Hall in Amsterdam alongside "The anatomy lesson of Tulp". Deijman was Tulp's immediate successor in the post of "praelector chirugic et anatomie". The painting was damaged by fire in 1723, and only a central fragment survives. Around 1856 Édouard Manet visited The Hague and made a small oil on panel copy of "The Anatomy Lesson". Broadly painted in a limited palette, Manet gave the painting to his physician, Dr. Siredey. A less detailed
Observationes Medicae (Tulp) popular, that a hundred years later a translated version was published. Professor Tulp never wanted to publish in Dutch for fear of hypochondriac behavior. He was very against quacks and self-medication and it was for this reason that he worked on the Amsterdam Pharmacopoeia. This second version therefore, would have been against his wishes. However, the book was prefaced by a long "lykoratie", or ode to his memory, in which Ludovicus Wolzogen explains what a wonderful man Tulp was, and everything that he did for the city of Amsterdam and medicine in general. He claims to have made an accurate