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\"\"Just yesterday we received copies of Medical Museums: Past, Present, Future, published by the Royal College of Surgeons of England to mark the 200th anniversary of their museum opening. The origin of the RCSE museum may be traced to the acquisition of John Hunter\u2019s anatomy and pathology collections in 1799. The College had just purchased property on Lincoln\u2019s Inn Fields and would soon build its new home there, incorporating gallery space for Hunter\u2019s collections. The doors opened in May 1813 and the Hunterian remains a distinguished medical museum today, having most recently (2005) been re-opened in a beautifully renovated setting at the College.<\/div>\n
All this and the fascinating stories behind fifteen leading museums, authored by associated curators, directors, and historians, have been capably edited by Sam Alberti and Elizabeth Hallam, and lavishly presented in a handsome volume. The Dittrick was included along with three other American medical museums, and eleven from across the UK and Europe. Our contribution benefitted from the wonderful photography of Dittrick Photographer and Image Collection Manager Laura Travis.<\/div>\n
We\u2019ll be offering this book as a bonus to new and renewed membership in the Friends of the Dittrick Museum. Details to follow.<\/div>\n

About the blogger
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James Edmonson <\/b>is Chief Curator of the Dittrick Medical History Center and Museum of Case Western Reserve University, and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of History. Publications include American Surgical Instruments (1997) and Dissection: Photographs of a Rite of Passage in American Medicine, 1880-1930 (Blast Books, 2009).\u00a0 Dr. Edmonson serves as American liaison to and Secretary General of the European Association of Museums of the History of Medical Sciences. Read more here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Just yesterday we received copies of Medical Museums: Past, Present, Future, published by the Royal College of Surgeons of England to mark the 200th anniversary of their museum opening. The origin of the RCSE museum may be traced to the acquisition of John Hunter\u2019s anatomy and pathology collections in 1799. The College had just purchased property on Lincoln\u2019s Inn Fields and would soon build its new home there, incorporating gallery space for Hunter\u2019s collections. The doors opened in May 1813 and the Hunterian remains a distinguished medical museum today, having most recently (2005) been re-opened in a beautifully renovated setting at the College.<\/p>\n

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