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Various skulls with and without injuries and severe syphilitic bone defects are exhibited as dry specimens from the 18th century in the Charité's Museum of Medical History (BMM).
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Exterior view of the Berlin Museum of Medical History of the Charité (BMM).
With the help of 750 exhibits, the Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum tells the story of medicine over the last 300 years.
Science and research have driven modern medicine forward so quickly that radical changes have taken place in the care and treatment of the sick over the last three centuries. Visitors to the Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum (Museum of Medical History) are given a detailed insight into these changes.
The history of western medicine can be traced in six rooms. Individual medical histories are used to illustrate the progress, but also the mistakes and detours of medical science.
A historical hospital room allows visitors to take a look at the history of medicine from the patient's perspective. Real cases are shown - such as dealing with a young woman who has to go through a "difficult birth" or the treatment of a patient with blood poisoning.
Around 750 specimens show healthy and diseased organs. The collection of specimens was founded by Rudolf Virchow and is primarily used for research purposes. It gives visitors an insight into the functioning and structure of the human body. As young children may be disturbed by the sight of the specimens, young people under the age of 16 must be accompanied.
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