Spooky Sunrise: Transy’s museum of medical curiosities

From a possible sample of the infamous Kentucky meat shower to the world’s largest hairball, a little-known museum at Transylvania University is full of curiosities.

The Monroe Moosnick Museum houses centuries-old medical artifacts that tell the story of 19th-century medical education.

Physics Professor Jamie Day serves as curator of this unusual collection, which includes diseased specimens, rare animals and historic medical instruments. The artifacts were once cutting-edge teaching tools at one of America’s most prestigious medical schools…

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