Anatomical Museum Basel
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The Anatomical Museum Basel is a museum in the Swiss city of Basel and shows original specimens and wax models of human body areas and organs . It is part of the Anatomical Institute of the University of Basel .
Location
The museum goes back to the anatomical collection that was founded in 1824 by Karl Gustav Jung for medical teaching purposes. It was first located on the Rheinsprung in the Lower Collegium , the original headquarters of the Basel University. It had already been an examination room in the 16th century, in which three human skeletons (a woman, a man and a child) and an ape skeleton were set up. In 1881 three thousand specimens from the collection were transferred to the new pathological institute, in 1885 another part (systematic anatomy, racial anatomy with skull collection and embryological collection) moved to the Vesalianum , a multi-purpose building for anatomy and physiology , and in 1895 the rest as a comparative anatomical collection with numerous paleontological collections Objects in the zoological institute. Wilhelm His became full professor of anatomy and physiology in 1857 at the age of 26. In 1901, the pathological institute received an extension, which primarily served to accommodate the anatomical collection more adequately. The current location of the museum is in the anatomical institute opened in 1921, in which the separate collections of the Vesalianum and the pathological institute were reunited. The collection was divided into a teaching and a display collection; The latter was initially only open to the interested public on Sundays. With the extension in 1994, the Anatomical Museum was given more space in the old building. It is now housed in the former dissection room.
Collection and exhibition
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The museum's early founding date explains the extensive inventory of historical specimens, some of which were owned by the university long before the collection facility. Among these is the oldest anatomical specimen in the world, a skeleton prepared by Andreas Vesal in 1543 . Another prepared skeleton was brought in by city doctor Felix Platter in 1573. There is a large collection of wax models from the time the museum was founded. In addition, many modern preparations are shown in the permanent exhibition. Together with the historical exhibits, they provide an overview of human anatomy and an insight into the further development of scientific methods. Selected areas of anatomy are the subject of special exhibitions.
In addition to the exhibition parts, which range from a short history of the museum to human anatomy and development, for example of the skeleton, all organs, the nervous system or blood vessels, abnormal developments are discussed in detail. Prostheses and implants , which replace damaged parts of the body and thus extend life expectancy, form another part of the exhibition . The aim of the exhibition is to give a picture of the progress in medical technology and its further development possibilities and, on the other hand, to show the limits of this technology.
The exhibits are systematically arranged and grouped together. The blood vessels can be found right next to the exhibits on the heart and the nerves right next to the brain . The combination of replicas, models and originals should make it possible to understand the structure and function of the various parts of the body. Joint models, the functionality of which the audience can try out and understand for themselves, complement these scientific representations.
See also
literature
- Georg Kreis : Places of Knowledge. The development of the University of Basel along its buildings. Basel 2010. ISBN 978-3-85616-505-5
- Edgar Bonjour : The University of Basel 1460-1960. Basel 1960.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 33 '53.1 " N , 7 ° 34' 47.9" E ; CH1903: 610 637 / two hundred sixty-eight thousand two hundred and thirty-six