In a Bit of a Pickle

So this weekend I made a return journey to the Hunterian museum to view a vast collection of pickled specimens.

The museum is part of the Royal College of Surgeons and fortunately for us average joes they open it up for free to the general public.

It's not the biggest of museums, but that hasn't stopped the curator using every inch of space to pack in animal skeletons, brains and even pickled human body parts.

Yes, there are some things that aren't particularly nice , an obese foot with black toe nails springs to mind and I expect a lot of guys have left the museum with their tail between their legs. Yet, it is a fascinating place and if those 17th century doctors hadn't taken specimens we would have the knowledge we have today of human anatomy.

Would I donate my body parts for scientific research and have them on display? Well unless I want to give the general public nightmares probably not. 

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