Wet Specimen Collections in New York City?


Does anyone out there know of any collections of human anatomical wet specimens (as seen above, in the Museum Boerhaave in Leiden) in New York City or nearby?

If so, please contact me at morbidanatomy@gmail.com. All leads appreciated. Thank you!

Image: Bernardus Siegfried Albinus Case in anatomy hall of Museum Boerhaave in Leiden, the Netherlands. All preparations by Albinus, Circa 1730. Caption reads: embryo in membranes, injected with red wax; child arm, holding the eye’s vascular tissue; spinal column of human foetus. More images from the Museum Boerhaave can be seen here.

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