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Or if you like the smell of formaldehyde, which is not what you want to preserve your organs in, as im finding out from george who runs this weird, wet world. >> we learned over a period of time, formaldehyde breaks down. our goal here is to take everything we know is in formaldehy formaldehyde, kind of like that penis, and try to get it into an alcohol-based solution. the very first thing we have to do is put the lid off. >> im accustomed to putting alcohol into my liver. putting my liver into ...

Died conjoined but it was interesting to note at the time of the autopsy, they found they had conjoined livers and thats the liver right here. >> i knew it. >> had they tried to get separated in life, it would not have been successful. they would have died. the liver is highly vascular. >> cant mess with the liver. >> you can die from blood loss and keep in mind, this is like late 1800s. they would have died. >> and honest, the sex. i just dont -- i -- >> thats where your imagination can take yo...

Was given by a friend, ricki. she didnt actually see the place for herself because her husband was not interested. it would be rude, not to say thanks. bruce, how are you? doing fine. they told me you didnt let rickie come into the museum. >> what do you mean, didnt let her? like she has to get my permission? >> we were on a trip. we need to go together. >> first thing i wanted to do is thank you for your suggestion on facebook. we came to the mutter museum, were still filming. theres a lot of p...

Side of the human body, thats anna doti, and the place, the mutter museum in philadelphia. >> you want to see some presidential assassin bits and pieces? >> yes, i do. >> john wilkes booth. i think its part of his tissue from the neck area. >> total douche. >> you can say it here because its a medical museum. we have the brain here, the good chunk of the brain in the other one. we have a president that was assassinated, president garfield. it was charles katow. he was a couple tacos shy of a tac...

No filming, no bags and no human heads. >> thats not true. we have human heads. were part of a much larger institution called the college of fissions of philadelphia. it was started in 1878. its college as in colleague. its not a degree-granting institution. all the doctors from all the different hospitals and universities could meet to share ideas and technique and camaraderie. so the first thing i want to show you is dr. mutter himself. we cant talk about the m mutter museum himself without ta...