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Bishop’s rectum

What kind of title is that? What kind of museum is this?

The rectum of the Bishop of Durham sits on display in London, awaiting your examination. No longer attached to the bishop, it rests alone inside a glass jar in the Hunterian Museum at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

This oddity was recently mentioned on the Improbable Research blog.

Posted in It's life.


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  1. sybil diccion says

    the mind boggles.

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