Caitlin Doughty's video: Were Books Really Bound in Human Skin

By the skin of our books... Thank you Patron deathlings, who make this all possible! http://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath *$5+ PATRONS! Check out Caitlin’s SECRET Shop for a limited edition item inspired by this video*: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/collections/patreon-exclusive DARK ARCHIVES by Megan Rosenbloom is now in paperback: https://bookshop.org/books/dark-archives-a-librarian-s-investigation-into-the-science-and-history-of-books-bound-in-human-skin-9781250800169/9781250800169 More about Megan: https://meganrosenbloom.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/LibraryatNight Anthropodermic Book Project: https://anthropodermicbooks.org/ Learn more about The Historical Medical Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia: https://collegeofphysicians.org/library Twitter: https://twitter.com/CollegeofPhys ***CAITLIN CONTENT*** Books: http://caitlindoughty.com/books MORTAL course: https://www.mortalcourse.com/ Our podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM Google Play: https://bit.ly/2AdEvoj The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, updates, and more: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ The Order of the Good Death on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ordergooddeath/ The Order of the Good Death on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OrderGoodDeath ***OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW OUR NON-PROFIT*** Donations on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath A one time donation: https://bit.ly/3iaz9jN The Order of the Good Death's Store: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com/ ***WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME*** Website: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thegooddeath Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thegooddeath ***PRODUCTION CREDITS*** Mortician and Writer: Caitlin Doughty Producer and Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Andy Windak A big thanks to Heidi Nance and her team at The Historical Medical Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia for talking with us, introducing us to the Marys, and most of all for your stewardship. Thank you for your hard work and collaboration! ***SELECTED SOURCES & ADDITIONAL READING*** Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin Rosenbloom, Megan. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. New York, 2020. The Skin She Lived In: Anthropodermic Books in the Historical Medical Library https://histmed.collegeofphysicians.org/skin-she-lived-in/ Poetry Month and ARB-Phillis Wheatley's Poetry https://libapps.libraries.uc.edu/liblog/2014/04/poetry-month-and-arb-phillis-wheatleys-poetry/ -24543 Blockley Almshouse https://collaborativehistory.gse.upenn.edu/stories/blockley-almshouse Philadelphia General Hospital (Old Blockley): Philadelphians "Ain't Goin' to no Bellevue" http://m.philaplace.org/story/897/ The History of the Necronomicon https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/hn.aspx A BINDING OF HUMAN SKIN IN THE HOUGHTON LIBRARY: A RECOMMENDATION https://www.princeton.edu/~needham/Bouland.pdf