Blog - BKK #07: Anatomical museum at Siriraj Hospital
BKK #07: Anatomical museum at Siriraj Hospital
After our visit to the Grand Palace we hurried and took the Chao Phraya ferry boat across the river to Wang Lang pier. Since we only had a general guide book map which wasn't too precise regarding the our destination's location, we had to ask for directions to a group students who could barely speak any English but very enthusiastic to help us.
We made it to Siriraj Hospital's museums just a bit before closing time.
We only had time to check out the Congdon Anatomical Museum. Although I'm not myself much into seeing that type of stuff and I didn't care for staying there too long, it was still quite interesting and unique.
Displayed are real, conserved human bodies, from normal to abnormal ones, from embryos to fetuses to children to adults, most impressive certainly being the large collection of Siamese twin babies of all kinds (actually the etymology of Siamese twin comes from a case of twins born in Siam, the former name of Thailand, in the 19th century).
There are also vertical displays of full arterial and nervous systems, rather freaky to see standing right in front of you.
Pictures not being allowed I didn't take any, but this other visitor did in 1995. Nothing seems to have changed since then. (This may not be for everyone.)
Posted on September 20, 2004 at 21:12 | Tweet
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