Abbott Collection
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Maude Abbott collected hundreds of specimens illustrating congenital cardiovascular disease.
Physiology Instruments
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The study of physiology is intimately associated with instruments and measurements.
When There Are No Words
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When There Are No Words, addresses the subjects of death and grief in Québec over the last 150 years.
Osler Collection
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The collection comprises 59 fluid-preserved, glass jar mounted specimens.
Development Gone Awry
The process by which a single cell−the fertilized ovum−becomes a fully formed and functional infant is one of the marvels of life. This exhibit illustrates some of the anomalies that occur when this process goes awry.
Pathology Collection
A virtual exhibit of 64 specimens from our pathology collection. Each group illustrates disease associated with a particular organ, such as the lung or heart, or a system, such as the gastrointestinal or genitourinary.
War, Bones, and Books
Skeletal specimens derived from soldiers of the American Civil War, a number of poems by Walt Whitman—a patient of William Osler—and illustrations of battlefield injuries and detailed medical histories.
Electron Microscopy
Electron microscopy began at McGill in the late 1940s with the purchase of the RCA EMU-1 transmission electron microscope (TEM), on display in the basement alcove of the Strathcona Anatomy & Dentistry Building.
Striking Discoveries
This exhibit examines the evolution of the use of the reflex hammer over the last two centuries.
Anniversary Cabinet
The Anniversary cabinet displays examples of material that was used or donated by McGill medical graduates, researchers, and teachers that was donated during the MAMM’s first ten years.
Canadian Health Care Stamps
A collection of several hundred Canadian health care stamps and first day/souvenir covers. Fifty topics associated with these are shown in this exhibit.
Hospital Postcard Collection
Postcards featuring Montreal hospitals from the 1880s to the 1960s. The cards provide a unique view of history through the eyes of those who sent news to friends and family by way of the postal system, before the age of mobile telephones and email.
MAMM Apothecary Planters
Nosce Te Ipsum Stations
Fourteen former fire stations in the Strathcona Anatomy & Dentistry Building have been repurposed to showcase anatomical illustrations, skeletal specimens and human remain disposition.
Beauty and the Beast
This poster exhibit displays the use of magazine advertisements and cigarette packaging to influence individuals’ cigarette use.