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Note on a Sumo Toe–Nice New Tool at the Wellcome Collection

JF Ptak Science Books   Quick Post    Part of the Zoomology series

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There’s a ew digital player at the Wellcome Library, the home of a renowned collection in the history of medicine,  though it covers more than that, being “one of the world’s richest and most unique collections, with themes
ranging from medical and social history to contemporary healthcare and
biomedical science” (from their site). 

Using their new zoom tool I was able to get great detail from this 19th century sumo wrestling woodblock, and save it easily:

Summo toe

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