what fetal and baby remains in medical collections tell us about inequality
- Written by Siân Halcrow, Professor of Biological Anthropology, University of Otago
Content warning: this story deals with infant loss and human remains acquired historically for use within museum contexts.
A collection of fetal and baby skeletal remains at the University of Otago’s W.D. Trotter Anatomy Museum shows how those on the margins of 19th and early 20th century New Zealand society contributed to medical knowledge...
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