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Nosce Te Ipsum

display case with skeleton

Fourteen former fire stations in the Strathcona Anatomy & Dentistry Building on the Թ downtown campus have been repurposed to showcase:
a) Classical anatomical folio/textbook illustrations
b) Corresponding skeletal remains
c) Ways of human remain disposition and associated environmental issues (QR codes)

The overriding theme of the displays is the Delphic aphorism “Nosce Te Ipsum” (“know thyself”), oft-quoted in Renaissance texts of anatomy.


architecture plan basement

Display case

PDF icon 9 Alkaline hydrolysis EN
PDF icon 9 Hydrolyse alcaline FR

Display case

PDF icon 13 You are Dust EN
PDF icon 13 car tu es poussière, et tu retourneras à la poussière. FR


architecture plan main floor

Anatomical plate

PDF icon 5 Embalming EN
PDF icon 5 Embaumement FR

Anatomical plate

PDF icon 7 Exposure EN
PDF icon 7 Exposition FR

Anatomical plate

PDF icon 8 Teeth and Mercury EN
PDF icon 8 Dent et mercure FR

Anatomical plate

PDF icon 10 Cremation EN
PDF icon 10 Cremation FR


archecture plans

Anatomical plate

PDF icon 4 Body Handling EN
PDF icon 4 Gestion des corps FR

Anatomical plate

PDF icon 6 Composting EN
PDF icon 6 Compostage FR

Anatomical plate

PDF icon 11 Cryonics EN
PDF icon 11 Cryogénisation FR

Anatomical plate

PDF icon 12 Burial EN
PDF icon 12 Inhumation FR

Anatomical plate

File 14 Unusual Burial Practices EN
PDF icon 14 Pratiques funéraires inhabituelles FR


Architecture plan

Anatomical plate

PDF icon 1 Teaching EN
PDF icon 1 Enseignement FR

Anatomical plate

PDF icon 2 Medical Waste EN
PDF icon 2 Déchets médicaux_FR

Anatomical plate

PDF icon 3 Green Burial EN
PDF icon 3 Inhumation ecologic FR

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