The Utrecht University Museum was a very neat part of the trip! My favorite part was the room that explored human and animal anatomy. They had many different items preserved such as an elephant heart, human disfigurations, and many animal bodies. It amazed me that even one hundred years ago medicine was advanced enough to know and understand how to preserve items. Science and medicine has come very far since then, but that is greatly due to the people from the past for their discoveries.
Another cool part about that exhibit was the dentistry history. I thought it was really neat that they showed the way that dentists used to learn to work on patients and how they do now. The way that they used 3D machines to learn how to operate on patients was very advanced, in my opinion. Overall, the museum was really interactive and a great learning tool for science and medicine.
I was really surprised at how "advanced" medicine was too. I say it in quotes, because it seems fairly barbaric, even though it was cutting edge at the time. I was really astounded by all the hand drawings done by students trying to learn. They captured a detail and depth that is really impressive.
ReplyDeleteI also thought that section was fascinating! It was very cool to see the first bypass machine!
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