Mütter Museum
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The
Mütter Museum is a
museum of medical oddities, antique
medical equipment and biological specimens located in the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The original purpose of the collection was medical research and education, but today it is used as museum for the general public.
The museum is best known for its large collection of skulls and unique specimens, including a 5'-long human
colon and a woman whose corpse was turned into
soap by natural conditions in the ground in which she was buried. Many wax models are on display behind cases as are preserved organs and skeletons. Some visitors are quite surprised to see preserved human
fetuses on display. Also on display is the malignant cancer removed from President
Grover Cleveland's hard palate.
The Mütter Museum is run by the College and open to the public; entry is by fee.
The band Disposable Thumbs pays tribute to the saponified corpse housed in the Mütter Museum with their song Soap Lady.
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