ABSTRACT
Leiden’s anatomy hall is a brick building, the exterior of which looks quite unprepossessing. Inside one finds two theatres – or ‘snykammer’ as the Dutch call them – for anatomical demonstrations: a public one and a private theatre. … In the latter various glass cases contain the excellent anatomical preparations of Dr Rau … next to that one sees the portrait of Solingen, and the famous knife swallower, the head of an elephant, and three mummies. 1
