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Tag: Thurlow

The Bishop’s rectum, in a museum

April 29, 2010 Marc Abrahams

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. The museum calls it by the formal name: Object RCSHC/P 192.Visitors can casually admire the […]

Extra-Improbable columns, Research NewsBishop of Durham, Hunterian, museum, rectum, Thurlow
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