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Medicine

Musée d’Anatomie de Montpellier

Montpellier, France

Musée d’Anatomie de Montpellier

This French anatomy museum greets guests with a skinless man, mid-shovel.

Holmes Medical Museum

Holmes Medical Museum

Tucked away atop a quaint Alabama pharmacy is this tiny display of antique medical tools.

medical libraries

Bodies in the Basement: The Forgotten Stolen Bones of America's Medical Schools

Dolly Stolze January 22, 2015

A Lost Collection of Abnormal Brains Finally Gets a History

Allison Meier December 2, 2014

C. O. Bigelow Apothecary

New York, New York

C. O. Bigelow Apothecary

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

Lazaretto Quarantine Station

Essington, Pennsylvania

Lazaretto Quarantine Station

North America's oldest quarantine facility was built in response to Philadelphia's 1793 yellow fever outbreak.

Morbid Monday: Hazardous Dr. Hazzard, Whose Cure Was Starvation

Bess Lovejoy July 7, 2014

Medical Clowning Program at Haifa University

Medical Clowning Program at Haifa University

The world's only official college program focused on "clown therapy."

medical museums

The Fates of Famous Brains

Bess Lovejoy May 20, 2014

Berlin, Germany

Tieranatomisches Theater

Berlin's oldest surviving academic architecture hosted decades of animal dissections.

Palazzo del Bo Anatomical Theater

Palazzo del Bo Anatomical Theater

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

The Anatomical Theatre of Archiginnasio

Anatomical Theatre of the Archiginnasio

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

Kam Wah Chung & Co. Museum

John Day, Oregon

Kam Wah Chung & Co. Museum

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

medical museums

The Most Beautiful Anatomical Theaters

Allison Meier May 7, 2014

The Bizarre Gut Wound That Changed the History of Medicine

Beenish Ahmed May 1, 2014

curious fact of the week

Curious Fact of the Week: When Dental Work Came With Song, Dance, and Cocaine

Allison Meier January 13, 2014

medical museums

Birth Rights: Exploring the Medical Fight Over "Labor" in the 18th Century

Brandy Schillace December 17, 2013

objects of intrigue

Objects of Intrigue: A Woman's Anatomy in Wax

Allison Meier December 5, 2013