Museum Boerhaave Artifact Storage

Leiden...Quite possibly the most adorable town we've seen so far. Brick streets, historic houses, and not to mention Museum Boerhaave. Though we did not get to see the museum, we got to see a large sampling of the 40,000 artifacts that the museum owns. Being interested in the biomedical devices field, it was extraordinary to see all of the devices over time. The device that stuck out the most was one of the first dialysis machines. The curator said that 17 out of the 70 people who first used it died just due to the horrific methods of extracting and filtering the blood. A lot of the devices back then had many negative effects for the patient at hand. I thought it was fascinating to see the evolution of the medical devices. Also, I never thought I'd be able to touch devices like these! Overall, the experience was one that on it's own has made this trip the most memorable I've had.