Medical Sampler or Art?

Sometimes we find beauty in the most unexpected places...  This is an amazing Surgical suture sampler, circa 18th century, from the Zurich Medical History Museum in Switzerland.  Just look at the variety of stitch techniques and detail, all appropriate for different anatomical regions and types of injury.  If you put aside the use, and look at it purely for design, it's quite stunning!  Link via Bioephemera.