The Four Seasons of Human Life By HFJ Horstmanshoff, et. al. Published by Erasmus Publishing and the Trent Collection, 2002 109 pages, heavily illustrated, hardcover The Four Seasons CD-ROM included (also available separately)

This scholarly study of the four anonymous 17th century engravings from the Trent Collection, History of Medicine, is available for purchase through Balogh International (http://www.balogh.com) for $136.00. For more information about this publication, contact Suzanne Porter, Curator, History of Medicine Collections, at (919) 660-1143 or porte004@mc.duke.edu

The Four Seasons: An Interactive CD-ROM
Published and distributed by Duke University Medical Center Library, 2000

The History of Medicine Collections and Anthony Benson, Division of Educational Media Services, Duke University School of Medicine, have produced an interactive CD-ROM of The Four Seasons. These unique seventeenth-century copperplate engravings from the Trent Collection have been digitally reconstructed from over 200 photographs to reproduce the experience of lifting the multilayered flaps and volvelles to reveal various anatomical dissections.

A metaphor for the stages of human life, the prints illustrate not only human anatomy but are replete with allusions to alchemy, astrology, astronomy, zoology, botany, geography, physiology, uroscopy, and palmistry. Funds for the creation of this resource were donated by John P. McGovern, MD.

Copies of the CD-ROM are available for sale in the Library, or they can be ordered for $35.00 plus tax (and postage and handling). For more information, contact Suzanne Porter, Medical Center Library Curator of the History of Medicine Collections, at (919) 660-1143, by fax at (919) 681-7599, or by email at porte004@mc.duke.edu.