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Mammals (Mammalogy)
Medical ➔ Human Skeleton
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1994.1.62Description:
A human skeleton in a glass display case.The donor commissioned the creation of an exhibit that would show through actual implants on a human skeleton all of the possible replacements now devised to keep a body functioning. Many of the replacements were developed here in Grand Rapids by Dr. Alfred Swanson, and his orthopaedic research staff at Blodgett Memorial Hospital Center. The words "Clay Adams | Parsippany, NJ" are stamped onto the proper left ilium.
