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The author discusses artwork of anatomical, physiological, and medical interest at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, which reopened in March 2013 after a decade of renovation. Gabriel Metsu's 17th century painting "The Sick Child" was made when Amsterdam was being ravaged by the plague. Jan Steen's light-hearted portrayal of illness in the painting "The Sick Woman" is addressed. Medical books and prints from the 17th century that are also on display are discussed.

The article offers profile of scientist Frances Ashcroft. It states that she used to feel useless as a scientist but was good in connecting ideas which resulted in getting her designation Royal Society Research professor at Oxford University's Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics laboratory. Jochen Roeper, Director of the institute of Neurophysiology at the Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany states that Ashcroft knows the ways to bring out the best from young ones.

Focuses on the author's memories of dissection class. The smell of formaldehyde; Beauty the author's professor saw in the anatomy of the human body.