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Mütter Museum

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The Mütter Museum is a medical museum located in the Center City area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [1]

63 relations: Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein's brain, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, American Civil War, Anatomy, Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Assassination of James A. Garfield, Avery Publishing, BBC, Biological specimen, Blast Books, Brothers Grimm, Center City, Philadelphia, Chang and Eng Bunker, Charles J. Guiteau, Chevalier Jackson, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Conjoined twins, Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, Errol Morris, Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, First Person (2000 TV series), Fresh Air, Grover Cleveland, Hard palate, Harry Raymond Eastlack, Harvard University Press, James A. Garfield, Joel-Peter Witkin, John Wilkes Booth, Josef Hyrtl, Kirkus Reviews, Late Show with David Letterman, Library Journal, Liver, Malignancy, Medical equipment, Medical oddity, Medical research, Multistorey car park, Museum, Neoplasm, NPR, Parking meter, Pathology, PBS, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Poet, President of the United States, ..., Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, SEPTA, Shelby Lee Adams, Teratology, Terry Gross, The New York Times Best Seller list, The Onion, The Wall Street Journal, University of Pennsylvania, Wax sculpture, William Wegman (photographer), 22nd Street station (SEPTA). Expand index (13 more) »

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.

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Albert Einstein's brain

The brain of physicist Albert Einstein has been a subject of much research and speculation.

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is an American philanthropic nonprofit organization.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Anatomy

Anatomy (Greek anatomē, “dissection”) is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts.

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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Shot in the head as he watched the play, Lincoln died the following day at 7:22 a.m., in the Petersen House opposite the theater.

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Assassination of James A. Garfield

The assassination of James A. Garfield, the 20th President of the United States, began when he was shot at 9:30 am on July 2, 1881, less than four months into his term as President, and ended in his death 79 days later on September 19, 1881.

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Avery Publishing

Avery Publishing is a book publishing imprint of the Penguin Group, founded as an independent publisher in 1976 by Rudy Shur and partners, and purchased by Penguin in 1999.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Biological specimen

A biological specimen (also called a biospecimen) is a biological laboratory specimen held by a biorepository for research.

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Blast Books

Blast Books is a New York-based book publisher whose catalog consists of non-fiction books which focus on cultural and historical subjects, often of an obscure or unusual nature.

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Brothers Grimm

The Brothers Grimm (die Brüder Grimm or die Gebrüder Grimm), Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, were German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who together collected and published folklore during the 19th century.

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Center City, Philadelphia

Center City includes the central business district and central neighborhoods of Philadelphia, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Chang and Eng Bunker

Chang and Eng Bunker (May 11, 1811 – January 17, 1874) were Thai-American conjoined twin brothers whose condition and birthplace became the basis for the term "Siamese twins".

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Charles J. Guiteau

Charles Julius Guiteau (September 8, 1841June 30, 1882) was an American writer and lawyer who was convicted of the assassination of James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States.

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Chevalier Jackson

Chevalier L. Jackson (November 4, 1865 – August 16, 1958) was an American pioneer in laryngology.

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College of Physicians of Philadelphia

The College of Physicians of Philadelphia is the oldest private medical society in the United States.

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Conjoined twins

Conjoined twins are identical twins joined in utero.

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Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz (born November 26, 1978) is a New York Times-bestselling nonfiction writer and poet.

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Errol Morris

Errol Mark Morris (born February 5, 1948) is an American film director primarily of documentaries examining and investigating, among other things, authorities and eccentrics.

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Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva

Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an extremely rare connective tissue disease.

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First Person (2000 TV series)

First Person is an American TV series produced and directed by Errol Morris.

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Fresh Air

Fresh Air is an American radio talk show broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the United States since 1985.

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Grover Cleveland

Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was an American politician and lawyer who was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, the only president in American history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office (1885–1889 and 1893–1897).

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Hard palate

The hard palate is a thin horizontal bony plate of the skull, located in the roof of the mouth.

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Harry Raymond Eastlack

Harry Raymond Eastlack, Jr. (1933–1973) suffered from fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), a rare and poorly understood disease in which the bone repair mechanism runs out of control, turning other tissue like muscles and tendons into bone.

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Harvard University Press

Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing.

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James A. Garfield

James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881, until his assassination later that year.

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Joel-Peter Witkin

Joel-Peter Witkin (born September 13, 1939) is an American photographer who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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John Wilkes Booth

John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was the American actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865.

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Josef Hyrtl

Josef Hyrtl (7 December 1810 – 17 July 1894) was an Austrian anatomist.

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Kirkus Reviews

Kirkus Reviews (or Kirkus Media) is an American book review magazine founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus (1893–1980).

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Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman is an American late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS, the first iteration of the ''Late Show'' franchise.

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Library Journal

Library Journal is an American trade publication for librarians.

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Liver

The liver, an organ only found in vertebrates, detoxifies various metabolites, synthesizes proteins, and produces biochemicals necessary for digestion.

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Malignancy

Malignancy is the tendency of a medical condition to become progressively worse.

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Medical equipment

Medical equipment (also known as armamentarium) is designed to aid in the diagnosis, monitoring or treatment of medical conditions.

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Medical oddity

A medical oddity is an unusual predicament or event which takes place in a medical context.

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Medical research

Biomedical research (or experimental medicine) encompasses a wide array of research, extending from "basic research" (also called bench science or bench research), – involving fundamental scientific principles that may apply to a ''preclinical'' understanding – to clinical research, which involves studies of people who may be subjects in clinical trials.

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Multistorey car park

A multistorey car park (UK English) or parking garage (US English; also called a multistorey, parkade (mainly Canadian), parking structure, parking ramp, parking building, parking deck or indoor parking) is a building designed for car parking and where there are a number of floors or levels on which parking takes place.

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Museum

A museum (plural musea or museums) is an institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance.

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Neoplasm

Neoplasia is a type of abnormal and excessive growth of tissue.

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NPR

National Public Radio (usually shortened to NPR, stylized as npr) is an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization based in Washington, D.C. It serves as a national syndicator to a network of over 1,000 public radio stations in the United States.

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Parking meter

A parking meter is a device used to collect money in exchange for the right to park a vehicle in a particular place for a limited amount of time.

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Pathology

Pathology (from the Ancient Greek roots of pathos (πάθος), meaning "experience" or "suffering" and -logia (-λογία), "study of") is a significant field in modern medical diagnosis and medical research, concerned mainly with the causal study of disease, whether caused by pathogens or non-infectious physiological disorder.

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PBS

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and television program distributor.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Poet

A poet is a person who creates poetry.

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President of the United States

The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly (PW) is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents.

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School Library Journal

The School Library Journal is a monthly magazine with articles and reviews for school librarians, media specialists, and public librarians who work with young people.

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SEPTA

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is a regional public transportation authority that operates bus, subway / elevated rail line, commuter and light rail line, and electric trolleybus services to nearly 4 million people in five counties in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Shelby Lee Adams

Shelby Lee Adams (born October 24, 1950)Mark, Rebecca & Vaughan, Robert (2004) The South, Greenwood Press,, p. 60-61 is an American environmental portrait photographer and artist best known for his images of Appalachian family life.

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Teratology

Teratology is the study of abnormalities of physiological development.

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Terry Gross

Terry Gross (born February 14, 1951) is the host and co-executive producer of Fresh Air, an interview-based radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and distributed throughout the United States by NPR.

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The New York Times Best Seller list

The New York Times Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States.

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The Onion

The Onion is an American digital media company and news satire organization that publishes articles on international, national, and local news.

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The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal is a U.S. business-focused, English-language international daily newspaper based in New York City.

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University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania (commonly known as Penn or UPenn) is a private Ivy League research university located in University City section of West Philadelphia.

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Wax sculpture

A wax sculpture is a depiction made using a waxy substance.

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William Wegman (photographer)

William Wegman (born December 2, 1943) is an American artist best known for creating series of compositions involving dogs, primarily his own Weimaraners in various costumes and poses.

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22nd Street station (SEPTA)

22nd Street station is a subway station in Center City Philadelphia that serves the SEPTA Subway–Surface Trolley Lines.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mütter_Museum

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