'What Ebenstein argues is beguiling to our contemporary brains is that the figures weren't strictly medical, but beautiful as well' - vice.com 'An enchanting and repulsive book' - Huffington Post 'Joanna Ebenstein's sumptuous book is fascinated by this era in which the study of nature was also the study of philosophy; in which a body created for medical purposes could also be read as a work of art' - Guardian 'Fabulous ... A mesmerising marriage of art and science' - Tatler 'Wonderful and epically illustrated' - Telegraph