Indianapolis, Indiana - Indiana Medical History Museum

Address:: 3045 W. Vermont St., Indianapolis, IN
Directions:: On the grounds of the old Central State Hospital, three miles west of downtown, between 10th St. to the north and US 40 to the south. Take either 10th or US 40 to Tibbs Ave., then take Tibbs to Vermont St., then turn east. The entrance road into the Hospital grounds and to the Museum will be off of Vermont, on the right.
Phone:: 317-635-7329

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Indianapolis, Indiana - Indiana Medical History Museum

This museum, in the old Pathology Building on the grounds of Indianapolis's former Central State Hospital, houses more than 15,000 artifacts from the 19th and early 20th centuries. You'll see diseased human brains, antique stethoscopes, X-ray machines, and quack devices such as the "ultraviolet ray kit," once used to shoot electric currents through the skin to relieve pain. Medical Landmarks USA refers to the Indiana Medical History Museum as a "marvelous museum quite simply without peer in the entire country." [Liz Joss, 11/05/2000]

[RA: Highlights of this atmospheric museum include the teaching amphitheater, the autopsy room, and a room filled with brains in jars.]

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November 25, 2009