Medical Specimen Collections

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Medical Specimen Collections

This group of gross anatomical and pathological specimens represents one of the largest such collections in the world. The collection contains material dating from the Civil War to the present. The specimens are numbered with AFIP accession numbers as well as Army Medical Museum numbers, and many records are missing or within the AFIP records system. Most material is stored in plexiglass boxes which contain formalin or formaldehyde; other specimens are stored in alcohol or other early preservatives.

AC 14

Cornell Pathology Collection, 1850-1950

1,000 specimens.

No finding aid, arranged, inactive, restricted.

Gross pathological specimens and a small gynecological collection that lacks documentation obtained from the Department of Pathology at Cornell Medical School. A number of specimens may have been a part of the original Pathological Cabinet of New York Hospital. The transfer of the collection was funded by the U.S. and Canadian Academy of Pathology. See accessions 1994.0550 and 1994.0051 for additional information.

AC 15

General Human Collection, 1865-present

8,000 specimens.

No finding aid, arranged, active, restricted.

Gross human pathological and normal specimens. The material dates from the Civil War to the present, with a majority dating ca. 1880-1940. The collection is organized by organ or organ system. It is most strong in pathological conditions of infectious disease and neoplasms; normal anatomical material is less common.

AC 16

General Veterinary Collection, 1880-present