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== Collection ==

The Mütter Museum holds over 37,000 specimens, with approximately 10% on display at any time.

=== Famous Specimens ===

* '''Albert Einstein's Brain''' — Slides of brain tissue from the physicist, acquired from the pathologist who performed Einstein's autopsy
* '''The Soap Lady''' — Body of a woman exhumed in Philadelphia in 1875, whose remains transformed into a soap-like substance called adipocere
* '''Chang and Eng Bunker''' — Death cast and connected livers of the original "Siamese Twins," whose autopsy was performed at the College of Physicians
* '''The American Giant''' — Skeleton of the tallest known person to have lived in North America (7'6")
* '''Harry Eastlack's Skeleton''' — The fused bones of a man who suffered from fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), an extremely rare condition where soft tissue turns to bone

=== Notable Collections ===

* '''Chevalier Jackson Collection''' — 2,000 objects removed from human throats and airways, collected by the legendary laryngologist Chevalier Jackson, displayed in elegant wooden drawers
* '''Skull Collection''' — 139 human skulls collected in the 19th century, originally used for phrenological studies
* '''Marie Curie's Electrometer''' — Scientific instrument used by the pioneering physicist
* '''Dr. Benjamin Rush's Medicine Chest''' — Belonging to the "Father of American Psychiatry" and signer of the Declaration of Independence

=== Medical Instruments ===

The museum displays antique medical equipment illustrating the evolution of medicine, from early surgical tools to 19th-century prosthetics.