History of Medicine -- dissection photographs
Not everyones cup of tea but I am personally fascinated by it. If you are as well, click some of the links.
The Dittrick Medical History Center at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio has an amazing collection of early Medical Equipment. From the introduction on their website:
The Dittrick Medical History Center is dedicated to the study of the medical past through a distinguished collection of rare books, museum artifacts, archives, and images. The Center originated as part of the Cleveland Medical Library Association (est. 1894) and today functions as an interdisciplinary study center within the College of Arts and Sciences of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
This is
their homepage.
This is a
collection of Medical Equipment from 1800 to present.
Finally,
this is what caught my eye -- it is a collection of early photographs of dissections. Some gruesome and some humorous (the med student is lying on the table supposedly 'asleep' and being attended to by corpses in various states of dissection.)
As I said, not everyone's cup of tea. The first two links are totally "gross-out" safe, it is only the third that needs some caution. I personally think anatomy is fascinating.
Finally, if this is your cup of tea, you might want to check out this place too -
Mütter Museum
Posted by DaveH at July 9, 2005 10:17 PM