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  1. 4 hrs

    Good things come in small packages. Take our Short & Sweet Quiz and you could win a prize from

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  2. 19 hrs

    Snapshot: An early version of , the Victorian parlor collage About:

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  3. Feb 20

    And if you can't get enough Tweetups, today our is hosting one with at

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  4. Feb 20

    Did you miss (or want to relive) our of 's relics & medical history objects? Archive:

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    Snapshot: An early version of , the Victorian parlor collage About:

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  6. Feb 19

    That about does it for our behind the scenes tweetup . Thanks all for following!

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  7. Feb 19

    The Liotta-Cooley - first total artificial heart implant.

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  8. Feb 19

    Heart bypass 'engine' made by GM

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  9. Feb 19

    An Iraq veteran chose his favorite baseball team logo instead of an iris for his prosthetic eye.

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  10. Feb 19

    "I'd like to go to the shore but I can't manage w/o my leeches" Problem solved: Travel leech carrier

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  11. Feb 19

    Homemade keys made by Denver psychiatric patients in 1978.

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  12. Feb 19

    Another reason Curator Ott is rad--she's starting a urban legend [video]:

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  13. Feb 19

    Leech carrier. You know --- for travel.

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  14. Feb 19

    Transorbital (behind the eye) lobotomy knives.

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  15. Feb 19

    Civil War era model. Others used for force-feeding suffragettes.

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  16. Feb 19

    Also called a tonsil guillotine.

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  17. Feb 19

    Early anesthetic and inhalation mask.

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  18. Feb 19

    Surgical set from 1791. So glad to be born in this century.

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  19. Feb 19

    Katherine Ott: In 18th century, only ~50/50 chance of survival if needing to visit a doctor.

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  20. Feb 19

    These relics highlight our society's medicalization; now we immediately think about long-term consequences of our choices.

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