06/22/2012

Field Trip! Can You Stomach It?

Watch the Video: Medical Oddities From The Bowels Of The Mütter

Philadelphia’s Mütter Museum has a lot of heart, and other organs too. Items in this collection of medical specimens include a gangrenous hand, a wallet made of human flesh, and a colon the size of a medium suitcase. And that’s just the stuff on display, imagine what’s in the basement.

Bonus Video: Bones, Books, and Bell Jars

Segment Guests

Flora Lichtman

Flora Lichtman is a host of Science Friday. In a previous life, she lived on a research ship where apertivi were served on the top deck, hoisted there via pulley by the ship’s chef.