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Medicine Man: The Forgotten Museum
of Henry Wellcome Henry Wellcome, the great entrepreneur
and philanthropist, also built up the world's largest collection of
medical exhibits. By his death in 1936, he had amassed an extraordinary
collection of over one million objects related to medical history,
ranging from diagnostic dolls and Japanese sex aids to African masks and
amputation saws, from amulets and ancient manuscripts to Napoleon's
toothbrush and George III's hair. Their exhibition brings together the
treasures of this vast collection and explores the history of our
bodies, in sickness and in health.
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