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  2. Mexico City 2014

Day 5 Medical museum

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  • Clay figures. 1200-400 BC. Associated with concept of duality, an important concept in Mesoamerica.

    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.

    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.

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