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Top,
a page reproduced from the 1864 CATALOGUE OF New York Museum of Anatomy.
Bottom, back cover of 1895 catalogue
of Dr. Linn's Museum of Anatomy.
Both as advertisements
for the services of the doctors who normally managed them, and as entertainment
for the morbidly curious, they were without parallel-- allowing legitimate
physicians, quacks, and those with revoked medical licenses to practice--
and sometimes prey-- on the uneducated. The Anatomical Museum usually
excluded women and children, adding to the privacy required by those seeking
displays which showcased the symptoms (and cures) for venereal diseases
and other ailments. (to be continued)
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19th Century Anatomical
Museums
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Baltimore:
Dr. Becker's Anatomical Museum
Buffalo, NY:
Dr. Linn's Museum of Anatomy
Chicago:
World's Musee of Anatomy
New York:
Dr. Kahn's Museum of Anatomy
New York Museum of Anatomy
Philadelphia:
European Anatomical, Pathological and Ethnological Museum
St. Louis:
Drs. S. & D. Davieson's Grand Museum of Anatomy
Liverpool, England:
Liverpool Museum of Anatomy
Manchester, England:
Dr. Heidemann's Anatomical Museum
etc.
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References
for this page:
[d]
doghouse collection
[nycl]
New York Clipper
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