The Hunterian Museum, run by the Royal College of Surgeons of England, contains approximately 3,500 anatomical oddities and medical specimens amassed by surgeon John Hunter.
Sources
- Why the Skeleton of the "Irish Giant" Could Be Buried at Sea (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://hunterianmuseum.org/collections/explore-the-collections/hunterian-collection (hunterianmuseum.org)
- https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2023/05/londons-hunterian-museum-reopens-after-6-years/ (museumsassociation.org)
- https://hmddirectory.nlm.nih.gov/hmddir/collection_detail/190?location_status=International (hmddirectory.nlm.nih.gov)
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