Drexel University College of Medicine - Medic Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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AHNEMANN MEDICAL COLLEGE is the proud pos- sessor of the most renowned specimen of anatomical dissection of its type, known to medicine. This specimen, known as Harriet , is a complete dissection of the human cerebro-spinal nervous system. Harriet was a maid employed by Dr. Weaver. For years she suffered from tuberculosis, and before she died, she requested that her body be used to benefit science. This was a benevolent gesture, for in those days when superstition reigned, doctors and scientists had difficulty in obtaining cadavers for dissection and study. Therefore, when Harriet passed away in 1887, Dr. Weaver proceed- ed, after much deliberation and research, to carry out her wish in a way that was most worthy of her generosity and humanitarianism. He finally produced the specimen which we now possess, a scientific achievement that has rewarded Harriet's kindness by rendering her immortal. Up until the time Dr. Weaver undertook this unusual task, such work had never before been attempted, and the completed specimen, the preparation and mounting of which consumed six months of exacting labor, stands as a masterpiece of perserverance and skill-a tribute to the patience of Dr. Weaver and an everlasting monument to his mastery of woman anatomy.

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