The Mütter Museum: Strange Medical Mysteries

A program that explores the strange but true medical mysteries housed in this one-of-a-kind museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

2001

Documentary·History

0h 44min

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Peter Lownds
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Gretchen Worden

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