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In a museum filled with preserved abnormal fetuses, giant and dwarf skeletons, and an 8-foot colon, what makes a cabinet full of safety pins, small trinkets and other random items one of the most fascinating exhibits?
For starters, each one of these objects -- and there are thousands -- was swallowed and extracted. The curious can get a closer look at the carefully catalogued items at the Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
The collection was assembled and donated to the museum by Chevalier Jackson, a pioneering laryngologist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Jackson developed innovative techniques and instruments to safely remove foreign bodies from the esophagus and airways, essentially creating modern endoscopy. He performed this service in Philadelphia, saving thousands of lives, and kept each of the removed objects. While the museum displays a great portion of the items, the actual case studies of the patients are kept at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Md.
As visitors to the museum explore the various drawers, they're left with a sense of astonishment and wonder. How could someone swallow such things? And how did someone get them out?
Rest of article with pictures: http://www.aolnews.com/2011/04/27/thousands-of-swallowed-objects-form-the-chevalier-jackson-collec/
For starters, each one of these objects -- and there are thousands -- was swallowed and extracted. The curious can get a closer look at the carefully catalogued items at the Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
The collection was assembled and donated to the museum by Chevalier Jackson, a pioneering laryngologist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Jackson developed innovative techniques and instruments to safely remove foreign bodies from the esophagus and airways, essentially creating modern endoscopy. He performed this service in Philadelphia, saving thousands of lives, and kept each of the removed objects. While the museum displays a great portion of the items, the actual case studies of the patients are kept at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Md.
As visitors to the museum explore the various drawers, they're left with a sense of astonishment and wonder. How could someone swallow such things? And how did someone get them out?
Rest of article with pictures: http://www.aolnews.com/2011/04/27/thousands-of-swallowed-objects-form-the-chevalier-jackson-collec/
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