8 Bizarre Body Parts On Display Around The World (PHOTOS)
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A A AThe tradition of putting body parts on display is almost as old as religion itself. Reliquaries containing the hands, feet, teeth, and other parts of holy people have been touted around the globe for thousands of years. But 20th-century cultural icons and ancient historical figures? Yeah, those get around too.
While some are proudly on display, many are decidedly better hidden. But with careful planning and a discerning eye, there are some pretty incredible body parts to be seen out there. You just have to know where to look.
Text and photos courtesy of our friends at NileGuide.
Einstein's Brain, University Medical Center, Princeton, New Jersey
All of us have one, some are a lot more developed than others, and Einstein's was incredible. Yep! We're talking about brains.
When Einstein died in 1955, his brain was removed by Thomas Harvey, a doctor working in the Princeton Hospital in New Jersey where the scientist passed away. Harvey thought that careful study of Einstein's brain would help him figure out what made the guy so gosh darn smart. Harvey was not granted permission to remove Einstein's brain, but he did it anyway, which landed him in some pretty hot water. And after Harvey became frighteningly obsessed with the brain and refused to relinquish possession of the specimen, he was fired from the Princeton Hospital and left in shame. But not before stealing the brain.
Harvey left New Jersey and went on a wild scientist goose chase. He traveled to any research facility or lab that agreed to perform tests on the brain. And here's where things really get weird: after a divorce and a downward spiral that brought him across the Midwest, Harvey ended up losing his medical license. His tragic tale ends with a cross-country road trip intended to return Einstein's brain to his granddaughter, only for her to tell him she didn't want it. 40 years later, Harvey returned the brain, in pieces, to the pathology lab in Princeton.
The bits of brain are somewhere in the Princeton Hospital, although we're not sure exactly where. Anyone got any insider info? We'd love to know.
mansionwb/cogdogblog/Flickr (not Einstein's actual brain)
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This is all so morbidly wrong.
May 29 2011 at 2:43 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply"The heart was sealed in a pillar of the Holy Cross Church in Warsaw where it has been ever since. It was even smuggled out of Warsaw for a time in 1944, a stroke of luck considering the original church was leveled that year during the Warsaw Uprising. The pillar with Chopin's heart is still a part of the now-rebuilt church, where you can visit it today."
This is from Chopin's Heart. How was the heart there ever since it was sealed in, if it was removed and taken out of the country for a while during 1944? FAIL.
What about John Dillinger's gonads. (I heard his endowment was something to marvel). Wonder how many parts have been taken over the years without the consent of the owner or family? Look at that undertaker in NYJ convicted a couple years ago of stealing parts to sell to parts banks. Some were from cancer victims and even 90+ year old Allister Cooke has his legs removed. Just think of what they do with the parts after they do an autopsy. I am not sure how they reinsert them back into the body or what ever they do with them.
May 26 2011 at 6:50 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThese are weird things. Digitally Undivided
May 26 2011 at 5:14 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI couldnt help it, they told me not to in the article, but I did. I googled Rasputin's manhood. Looked pretty weird, very Big...... maybe its all that fermayldahide. (sp) lol
May 26 2011 at 4:32 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyEinstein did not will his brain to science. It should...or rather they should (all remaining bits and pieces) be buried with him. How horrid that this should have happened and never to have been made right through all these years. Princeton...will you do the right thing?
May 26 2011 at 4:05 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt was reported that Princeton doctors asked George W. Bush to comment on the finding and he reportedly said, "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy."
May 26 2011 at 1:32 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyFunny how the HUFFPOST runs AOL POLITICS NOW......May GOD help us ALL! They dont post the TRUE NEWS & they block out all the TRUE COMMENTS.......UNREAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE AS AMERICA ARE DOOMED. WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED !!
May 26 2011 at 12:23 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI hope it's his middle finger...and he's pointing it at the Vatican.
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