Young adult skeleton with tuberculosis spondylitis, commonly referred to as Pott's disease

Young adult skeleton with tuberculosis spondylitis, commonly referred to as Pott's disease

Osteological Preparations

Skeletons

Subadults

Tuberculosis Spondylitis

Pott's Disease

John Collins, 1778-1856

John Collins Warren Collection

human remains

Skeleton of woman mounted on hook and articulated with wire.

Unknown

1800-1847

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Warren Anatomical Museum (01371)

Jackson, J. B. S. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Warren Anatomical Museum. Boston: A. Williams, 1870.

Warren Anatomical Museum Manuscript Catalogue 1-3681, Warren Anatomical Museum Records, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Boston, Mass, Box 13

A Descriptive Catalogue of the Warren Anatomical Museum, I-II annotated by J. B. S. Jackson, Warren Anatomical Museum Records, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Boston, Mass.

Harvard Medical School. Bulletin of the Warren Anatomical Museum. No. 1. Pathological Anatomy. Boston: Harvard Medical School, 1910. Page 13-14

Warren Anatomical Museum specimen card (large), Warren Anatomical Museum Records, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Boston, Mass, Box 11, File 1

Warren Anatomical Museum exhibit card, Warren Anatomical Museum Records, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Boston, Mass

image

osteological preparation, human

physical object

WAM 01371

This individual was originally from Paris. John Collins Warren acquired the skeleton in the early 19th century for his personal study collection and was part of his original donation to the Massachusetts Medical College in 1847 that formed the Warren Anatomical Museum.

32.4 W x 46.35 D x 140 H cm