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Male Head with Eyes Body Slice Specimen

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Male Head with Eyes Body Slice Specimen

Category

Health and Medicine

Classification

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

Physical Characteristics

Object Description: A circular, horizontally cut slice of a human, adult male’s head, approximately 0.5 inches in thickness. Fuzz from hair surrounds one end and protrusions from the eyeballs are on the other. In the middle is the yellowish-white brain.

Materials:

human tissue

Measurements: Object:
    Height: 7.5 in, Width: 6.25 in, Depth: 0.5 in

Credit

Gift of Loyola University Medical Center, 43.51.2.1

Display Status

On Exhibit

Male Head with Eyes Body Slice Specimen

About: Male Head with Eyes Body Slice Specimen

About: Male Head with Eyes Body Slice Specimen

This is a body slice in the horizontal plane of the head of a male. This slice features the skull bone around the brain with protruding eyeballs. Colored wax has been used as a stain to highlight the different components. 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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