Harvard University Removed Human Skin Binding From A Book After 90 Years

The cover of a 19th century book has been removed after 90 years at Harvard University located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Surprisingly. This cover was made from the skin of a dead woman. When the managers of the Harvard Library came to know about this book kept in the library, they removed its skin out of respect for the woman. Now he will be cremated as per customs.

The name of the book is ‘Destinies of the Soul’. This book tells about life after death. It is said that this book was written by French writer Arsene Houssay, which was earlier in the possession of Dr. Ludovic Bouland. Bowland had the book bound with the skin of a mentally ill woman after she died. The woman had died of a heart attack.

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In 2022, Harvard released a report in which it identified more than 20 thousand human remains in various collections, ranging from skeletons to teeth, hair and bone fragments. Now Harvard University officials talked to the people concerned and decided to remove the skin from this book. The university has issued a statement saying that out of respect for the woman, her skin has been removed from the cover of the book. Now the process of his burial is going on after talking to the concerned authorities.

This is confirmed by the statement of a Harvard professor. He said that binding books with human skin was a common practice in the 19th century, but it gradually died out. There are some books in the world from which these covers have now been removed. Harvard has taken this step in this regard also.