Virtually Explore The Mtter Museum, Repository of Medical/Anatomical Anomalies – Dread Central

One of the most fascinating and macabre repositories of medical and anatomical anomalies is The Mtter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philidelphia. According to their official website, The Mtter Museum helps the public appreciate the mysteries and beauty of the human body while understanding the history of diagnosis and treatment of disease.

While it may be months until it reopens to the public, you can now join Curator Anna Dhody on a virtual tour of the Mtter Museum from the safety of your home by pressing Play at the top of the article.

Tour highlights:0:05 Introduction and History1:40 Hyrtl Skull Collection4:04 Our Finest Clothing: A Layered History of Our Skin5:15 Dermatological Wax Models6:51 The Soap Lady10:00 Giant Megacolon12:10 Cast and Livers of Chang and Eng Bunker15:05 Mtter American Giant17:12 Achondroplastic Dwarf18:45 Harry Eastlack and Carol Orzel21:36 Albert Einsteins Brain24:06 Conclusion24:33 Blooper!

You can also examine many of the museums most chilling artifacts in virtual 360. Check out conjoined twins, a coal miners lung, a human horn, the brain of a killer, a 74-pound ovarian cyst, and many more bizarre artifacts of human anatomy, HERE.

What do you think of the virtual tour and specimens from The Mtter Museum? Let us know in the comments below or onFacebook,Twitter, orInstagram! You can also carry on the convo with me personally on Twitter@josh_millican.

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