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Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine
By Aptowicz, Cristin O'Keefe
- ISBN
- 9781592408702
- Publisher
- Gotham
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Starred Review on September 1, 2014 | Science and Technology
In 1858, Thomas Dent Mütter (1811–59) bequeathed to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia his large collection of medical specimens, and the Mütter Museum remains one of the most highly regarded repositories of its kind. Little is known about the American-born surgeon whose collection took his name; none of Mütter's diaries and only a few of his letters survive, and he and his wife had no children. Aptowicz (poet and former writer-in-residence, Univ. of Pennsylvania) has pe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
