During The Nineteenth Century, Books Were Sometimes Bound Using Human Skin As A Form Of Punishment

This makes sense since medical men had two key factors working in their favor– access to virtually limitless raw materials and a sense of clinical detachment.

Of course, though, using the skin of patients’ past is an example of clinical detachment being taken far too extremely– since patient consent was never a consideration, and the humanity of these patients was essentially forgotten.

It is also important to note that most commonly, people of the poorer classes– whose death circumstances left their bodies open to post-mortem exploitation– were used for this gruesome practice.

In very rare cases, someone might volunteer, such as James Allen– who wanted his memoirs to be encased in his own skin.

That was far from the norm, though, and the skin was most often dissected and used without prior consent or even in direct opposition to the deceased person’s wishes.

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