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# Skin Library
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/3561/
- Published: 2006-01-08T13:17:18.000Z
- Updated: 2006-01-08T13:17:18.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Books, #wpChunk

I'm not sure I'm fond of my library after all:

> Brown University's library boasts an unusual anatomy book. Tanned and polished to a smooth golden brown, its cover looks and feels no different from any other fine leather.

> But here's its secret: the book is bound in human skin.

> A number of prestigious libraries -- including Harvard University's -- have such books in their collections. While the idea of making leather from human skin seems bizarre and cruel today, it was not uncommon in centuries past, said Laura Hartman, a rare book cataloger at the National Library of Medicine in Maryland and author of a paper on the subject.

[Link](http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode%5Fisland/articles/2006/01/07/some%5Fof%5Fnations%5Fbest%5Flibraries%5Fhave%5Fbooks%5Fbound%5Fin%5Fhuman%5Fskin/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).