Phineas Gage was a 19th Century construction foreman. In 1848, at the age of 25, he was working in Cavendish, VT, blasting through boulders to prepare for a railroad line. To do this, he would... »

Medical Museums, Unusual Monuments | Edited by JWOcker

The Museum of Radiology is located in the waiting room of the Military Hospital of Brussels. While patients wait to receive their medical imaging, visitors to the museum can view posters and... »

Museums and Collections, Strange Science, Medical Museums | Edited by AnnaFiddler, Dylan and others

Housed in the attic of St. Thomas Church, Britan's oldest surviving operating theater looks much as it might have in 1822. One surgeon who operated there described it thus: "the first two rows... »

Pharmacy Museums, Medical Museums | Edited by Dylan, Henry and 2 others

The Brain Museum in Lima is not for those with a weak stomach. Run by Neuropathologist Diana Rivas, this one-of-a-kind collection contains over 3,000 examples of damaged brains and fetuses,... »

Medical Museums, Unique Collections | Edited by Rachel

“With their sepia-tinted liquids and ancient labels, the brains look more like the historical artifacts that they are than the medical specimens that they once were, exactly how you’d hope a... »

Medical Museums | Edited by Annetta

Sala Gimbernat looks more like a cult conference room than a legitimate classroom for medical learning. The walls are bedecked with bright red fabric and imposing wooden chairs form a semi-circle... »

Strange Science, Medical Museums | Edited by serflac and atimian

Possibly the largest collection of human mutants in one place, the University of Amsterdam’s anatomical and embryological museum began as the private teratological collection of Gerardus Vrolik... »

Medical Museums, Unique Collections | Edited by Dylan, Henry and others

Dr. Andrew Still coined the term osteopathy in 1874, emphasizing the role of the musculoskeletal system in health and disease. Though osteopathy is occasionally used in medicine as a... »

Medical Museums | Edited by Dylan and Henry

Surviving the War of 1812, the 1821 Yellow Fever Epidemic, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War of 1898, and World War I, this apothecary, started by Quaker Edward Stabler, has stood in the... »

Medical Museums | Edited by Dylan, Henry and others

Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak is a man of vision. It just so happens that his particular vision heavily involves toilets. But while it may at first glance appear to be just a "quirky" museum, the... »

Museums and Collections, Medical Museums, Unique Collections | Edited by serflac and Dylan