(TMX) -- Harvard University has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th-century text. The university said the decision was made because the skin was taken without consent from a deceased woman.

French author Arsène Houssaye wrote the book in 1879, then gave a copy to French physician Ludovic Bouland. Harvard Library For the last 90 years, Harvard University has had a book bound with human ...

Harvard University has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th-century text because it was taken without consent from a deceased woman. Harvard Library announced this month that it had removed ...

Harvard University announced Wednesday that it removed the human skin binding from a gruesome book in its library. The book, called Des destinées de l’âme, was published in the 1880s by French author ...

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Harvard University removed human skin from the binding of "Des Destinées de L'âme" in Houghton Library on Wednesday after a review found ethical concerns with the book's origin and history. French ...

The Harvard Library announced this week it had removed human skin from the binding of a 19th century French philosophy book after a review uncovered multiple ethical concerns about the skin’s origin.

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The school says the text was given to a physician who, without consent, bound it with the skin of a deceased female patient in a hospital where he worked. FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2018 file photo, ...

correctionA previous version of this article incorrectly referred to Paul Needham as a librarian at Princeton University. He is a retired librarian who had worked at Princeton. The article has been ...