Dittrick Medical History Center

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  • Westley Polaniec, age 6, comes face-to-face with Juno, the transparent woman. Juno's clear plastic skin allows viewers to see her skeleton, blood vessels, organs, nerves, and lymphatic system.

    Photo by Rachel Polaniec

  • The Dittrick Medical History Center is located in the Allen Memorial Library.

    Photo by Rachel Polaniec

  • Single case exhibits

    Photo by Rachel Polaniec

  • Diphtheria and Smallpox cases

    Photo by Rachel Polaniec

  • "Spread of Ideas" on the digital interactive wall

    Photo by Rachel Polaniec

  • Westley peruses the Museum's brochure

    Photo by Rachel Polaniec

  • One of the musuem's showstoppers is the recreation of a 1930s doctor's office.

    Photo by Rachel Polaniec

  • X-ray display

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  • Gallery exhibits

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  • "Folklore and Oddities," from A History of Contraception in America

    Photo by Rachel Polaniec

  • A sampling of the instruments of Cleveland surgeon Gustav Weber, co-founder of St. Vincent Charity Hospital.

    Photo by Rachel Polaniec

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