Kristin -
You should also look into this issue from the side of the medical museum.
Places like the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia and the Warren Anatomical
Museum in Boston display human remains (medical specimens) all the time. It
would be an interesting perspetive to add to the discussion.
Thanks
Tracy Sullivan
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Tracy L. Sullivan
Director, John Q. Adams Center for the History of Otolaryngology—Head and
Neck Surgery
American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery
Alexandria, VA
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