Shrunken brain (IMAGE)

University of Oxford

Shrunken brain

Caption

The whole, shrunken brain of an individual buried in the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA), founded in 1698. More than 40 brains were excavated from this burial ground, which was inundated after a devastating yellow fever epidemic in the late 18th Century. (Image credit: Alexandra L. Morton-Hayward)

 

 

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Alexandra L. Morton-Hayward

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