Our hero even has a foil: the almost comically retrograde Dr. And Mütter’s is a great American success story: impoverished orphan grows up to revolutionize his field and win the adoration of his colleagues, all through hard work, ingenuity, and a plucky good nature. Mütter’s Marvels is well-researched, contextualizing its subject’s life and career in the milieu of early modern medicine (a fascinating, if gruesome, era). Although not a scholarly work per se, Dr.
The mention of “marvels” in the title implies a focus on this famous collection, but this biography of Mütter only touches on the creation of his museum in the final few chapters. Thomas Dent Mütter (1811-1859) was a pioneer of plastic surgery for accident victims, general readers will probably be more familiar with his Philadelphian museum of medical oddities.
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