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Mutter Museum Article

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I had never heard of this museum before, but when I looked at pictures online it seemed very disturbing. Showing humans off as specimens removes them so much from who they are as people and when I read Riva's article on the museum I could not agree with her more. That if families of those in the collection were allowed to be apart of the exhibit they would include the persons life. I think this also connects to a huge problem in the US when it comes to donated bodies to science and how the industry is completely unregulated and bodies donated to science are actually not guranteed to go to a reuptable institution such as a university. Here is a link to an article explaining this: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bodies-donated-to-science-largely-unregulated-cbs-reports/