the body collected

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Bakterier bor i spyt og kan smitte med sygdom. I dag ved vi det godt. Men i starten af 1900-tallet lærte store oplysningskampagner mod tuberkulose os at holde på mundvandet og synke spytklatten.

On Thursday 22nd October at 12.30, artist Gina Czarnecki will present an informal lunch seminar at Medical Museion. All are welcome, but please register with Louise Whiteley (lowh@sund.ku.dk). Medical Museion’s new exhibition The Body Collected explores the collection and preservation of the human body for medical research. Specimens from the museum’s historical collections are on display alongside materials […]