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Male Foot Body Slice Specimen

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Male Foot Body Slice Specimen

Category

Health and Medicine

Classification

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

Physical Characteristics

Object Description: Vertical slice of the human foot from the middle of the big toe to the heel. Specimen cuts off just above the ankle. It is about 11 inches long and 0.5 inches thick. The outermost layer is brown, and the interior is mostly yellow, save for thin white lines throughout. Patches of dark red are near the lower front of the foot and at the highest portion of the back of the leg.

Materials:

human tissue

Measurements: Object:
    Height: 6 in, Width: 9.5 in, Depth: 0.5 in

Credit

Gift of Loyola University Medical Center, 43.51.2.26

Display Status

On Exhibit

Male Foot Body Slice Specimen

About: Male Foot Body Slice Specimen

About: Male Foot Body Slice Specimen

This is a body slice in the sagittal plane of the foot of a male. The yellow bones and red muscles of the foot can be seen in addition to those of a toe. 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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