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Miscellaneous Collections

Dental Collection, ca. 1862-1900

No finding aid, arranged, active, unrestricted.

Collection of individual human teeth from military and civilian cases documenting various dental pathological conditions and dental variations.

Helpern New York City Medical Examiner Collection, 1940-1970

2,250 specimens.

No finding aid, arranged, active, restricted.

Collection of human pathological specimens obtained from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, New York City. Material in the collection was part of the museum organized by Milton Helpern, chief medical examiner in New York City. Contains 1,700 wet tissue, 300 skeletal, and 250 historic items of forensic pathological interest. See also the Helpern and New York City Medical Examiner's collections in Otis Historical Archives.

Human Calculi Collection, ca. 1862-1920

No finding aid, arranged, active, unrestricted.

Collection of urinary, gall, and bladder calculi (stones) from humans. Includes the Verbrycke Collection (28 calculi) and the Hume Collection (211 calculi). Specimens from military and civilian cases are represented.

Mastoidectomy Collection, ca. 1914-1937

No finding aid, arranged active, unrestricted.

Collection of ear ossicles removed during mastoidectomies.

Pubic Symphysis Collection, 1970-1990

No finding aid, unarranged, active, restricted.

Three collections of pubic symphyses (cartilaginous joints) and casts of pubic symphyses. Collections consist of specimens taken from forensic cases at the Office of the Dade County (Florida) Medical Examiner Office, casts of specimens taken by Judy Suchey at the Los Angeles Coroner's Office, and symphyses taken during morgue operations after aircraft accidents.

Shupe Veterinary Fluorosis Collection, 1950-1990

No finding aid, arranged, inactive, restricted.

Skeletal specimens, documents, photographs, tissue, and microslides pertaining to fluoride research on large animals. The material is valuable because the studies are longitudinal in nature. Obtained from Dr. James L. Shupe, emeritus professor of veterinary science at Utah State University. The transfer of the collection was funded by Procter and Gamble Corporation.

Veterinary Trichobezoar and Calculi Collection, 1860-1900

No finding aid, unarranged, active, unrestricted.

Collection of 22 trichobezoars (hair balls) and 23 calculi (gall and bladder stones) from cows and horses.

Wax Corrosion Casts Collection, ca. 1900

Finding aid, arranged, active, unrestricted.

Wax corrosion casts of pulmonary and other systems from animals.