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Female Torso Body Slice Specimen

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Female Torso Body Slice Specimen

Category

Health and Medicine

Classification

CHENHALL - Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology - Biological T&E - Biospecimen

Physical Characteristics

Object Description: A vertical slice of the center of an adult female’s body from the head to the pelvis, approximately 0.5 inches in thickness. Each organ is stained a distinct color, so it appears as an oval mosaic of red, pale, brown, grey, and maroon patches surrounded by the layer of skin. There are four (4) holes, two (2) at the top of the chest cavity and two (2) near the bottom. A line of maroon boxes separated by thin, white ovals in a ladder-like pattern r...

Materials:

human tissue

Measurements: Object:
    Height: 33 in, Width: 9 in, Depth: 1 in

Credit

Gift of Loyola University Medical Center, 43.51.1.3

Display Status

On Exhibit

Female Torso Body Slice Specimen

About: Female Torso Body Slice Specimen

About: Female Torso Body Slice Specimen

This is a body slice from the head to the upper thigh of a female. The main feature of this slice is the spine running from the base of the brain to the uterus. In this slice, organs have been stained with colored wax to make them more readily identifiable. These body slices served as teaching tools for medical students in the 1930s and 1940s. They were provided by the Loyola University School of Medicine and the University of Illinois Department of Anatomy, and were refurbished by Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center. The man and woman died of natural causes. Their bodies were frozen, cut into sections, and then preserved in glass containers filled with a formaldehyde solution.

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