McGill University’s Osler Library of the History of Medicine is home to Gulielmo Hunter’s Anatomia Uteri Humani Gravidi Tabulis Illustrata, in other words The Anatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus Exhibited in Figures. At first glance, the aged book is remarkably large and has a rather dreary hardcover. It’s dirty beige colour and damaged leather on the edges confirms the publication’s maturity. Furthermore, it contains wide-scaled pages made of used rags rather than wood pulp. This technique kept the book from decaying, and is the reason that all of these ancient publications are still…