Clay figures. 1200-400 BC. Associated with concept of duality, an important concept in Mesoamerica.
Mayan clay figure, 600-900 AD. Person with ascites likely due to protein deficiency.
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Life cycle represented with spiral pattern.
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Skull of 24 week fetus
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200-900 AD. Shows facial paralysis.
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Obsidian embedded in the calcaneus (heel bone). Obsidian was used in weapons and possibly was embedded during combat.
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Adult female skull. Shows tooth decay.
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Adult female skull with evidence of syphilitic osteomyelitis (bone infection with syphilis).
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Painting depicting tumor removal surgery in 1777.
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Skull with embedded obsidian.
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Adult male skull with syphilis.
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Skull showing lead dental fillings which could lead to lead toxicity.
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2nd trimester fetus a: liver, b: stomach, c: lungs, d: heart.
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Obstetric medical instruments.
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Stethoscopes.
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Fetal lungs: left to right 11-22 weeks.
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"Cursus Medicus Mexicanus". Considered the oldest physiology book published in the Americas. 1727 by Marco Josepho Salgado.
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"Principia Medicinae" 1685 by Diego Osorio Peralta (Didaco Ossorio). A textbook used by students of anatomy in New Spain.
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Adult male skull. Scaphocephaly: premature fusion of sagittal suture.
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Tibia of adult female. Osteomyelitis.
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Laboratory equipment.
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More laboratory equipment.
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Optometry instruments.
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Wax models exhibiting different eye diseases from 1874. From the sign (approx): "wax models were an important complement to the teaching of medicine in 18-19 centuries ... These came to mexico in 1874 from Dr Leopoldo Rio de la Loza. They show a wide variety of diseases affecting the eyeball and its attachments"
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Wax models exhibiting different eye diseases, from 1874.
