Beauchene Skull

A Beauchene skull is a human skull that has been disarticulated, and displayed on a stand to create an "exploded" view of the cranium for study.

Vintage Industrial Architect's Drafting Table

Exploded Beauchene skull from Obscura.. #beauchene #explodedskull #skull #oddities #obscura #skulls

Surgeon and anatomist Edmé François Chauvot de Beauchêne invented a technique for taking apart the individual bones of the skull and reassembling them in a an "exploded" view. This specimen is from around 1880.

I hate to bid goodbye to the Ryan Matthew theme week because it's been a blast, but I suppose all good things must come to and end. Behold this recent creation: a human skull sliced into six sections, mounted on handmade metal fixtures. The adjustable sections fan out from a central point, and the corresponding…

Someday... I will have my own beauchene skull. They're beautiful!