I've visited the Field Museum for 21 years and finally got to tour one of its hidden collections. Researchers preserve and store 11 million wet specimens in the basement. Here are some of the most ...

Mummification is usually associated with the age of Pharaohs, with the practice largely believed to have first arisen around 2200 BCE and hit its peak around 1000 BCE. But processes this complex don't ...

SINCE the times of Leonardo, Vesalius and John Hunter, visual teaching has been a preoccupation of medicine's greatest minds. Unfortunately it has also been, for the most part, the prerogative of that ...

The comprehensive study of cadaveric anatomy and embalming techniques underpins critical advancements in medical education, surgical training, forensic investigations and biomechanics research.