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The Gordon Museum holds a collection of approximately 8000 pathological specimens, artefacts, models and paintings, and the earliest specimens are from circa 1608. The Museum contains many human specimens that have impacted on the development of medical studies, including
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in London, England. It is one of the largest pathology museums in the world and is the largest medical museum in the United Kingdom. Its primary function is to train medical, dental, biomedical and healthcare students and professionals to diagnose diseases.
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A number of specimens and other medical-related objects have been collected since 1802, and were initially gathered by the first Medical Curator
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as a result of a donation by British lawyer Robert Gordon, and was intended to be a teaching resource devoted purely to human material.
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reported that "the Museums are on a scale which entitles them to rank among the first of our national collections."
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Thomas Wilkinson King, regarded by some as the 'Father of Endocrinology' (1837-1847)
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The Museum also houses a number of historic collections and artefacts, for example
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Eleanor Crook, anatomical modeller and sculptor (2007–present)
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Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
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to describe the medical conditions that bear their names.
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Coordinates
51°30′10″N 0°05′23″W / 51.502800°N 0.089629°W / 51.502800; -0.089629
Medical
University museum

medical museum
King's College London
King's Guy's Campus
Thomas Hodgkin

Astley Cooper
abdominal aorta
kidneys
adrenal glands
lymph nodes
Thomas Addison
Richard Bright
Joseph Lister
Joseph Towne
wax models
Lam Qua
Thomas Hodgkin
preventive medicine
Samuel Osborne Habershon
Charles Hilton Fagge
James Goodhart
Keith Simpson

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