Wournos | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 23 2007 | museum, congenital anomalies, freaks, surrealism, art, collection
"Disturbingly Informative"
The Mutter Museum.
Medical Science Museum and Archive.
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Is there a better way to spend an afternoon? NO. THERE IS NOT."The museum is best known for its large collection of skulls and anatomical specimens including a wax model of a woman with a human horn growing out of her forehead, the tallest skeleton on display in North America, a 5'-long human colon that contained over 40 pounds of fecal matter, and the petrified body of the mysterious Soap Lady, whose corpse was turned into a soapy substance called adipocere. Many wax models from the early 19th century are on display as are numerous preserved organs and body parts. The museum also hosts a collection of teratological specimens (preserved human fetal specimens), a malignant tumor removed from President Grover Cleveland's hard palate, the conjoined liver from Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker, and a growth removed from President Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth."
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