Vital Organs: A new book puts famous historical body parts put under the microscope

Medical historian Dr Suzie Edge takes an intriguing anatomical journey in her latest book with accounts of famous body parts, including Napoleon's penis, Queen Victoria's armpits and  Albert Einstein’s brain

Retro old microscope on table. Vintage style sepia photo

Some people might consider Dr Suzie Edge’s gory hobby a little unusual — for years she has collected stories of body parts. 

Edge has been fascinated by the human body since she first picked up a scalpel and cut into a cadaver at medical school. History is also one of her great loves, so it made sense to combine both and become a medical historian.