A Jewish Tour of the Mütter Museum
Zoom Webinar
This lecture will approach the Mütter Museum, one of Philadelphia’s most unique and cherished institutions, from an unexpected vantage point. Highlighting the Jewish points of connection with both the personalities and holdings of the museum, it will cover some remarkable chapters in Jewish medical history and Jewish medical ethics throughout the centuries. What connection does Joseph Hyrtl and his skull collection have with Jewish history? What does Jewish law have to say about conjoined twins, like Cheng and Eng Bunker? Was the first vaccination for smallpox “kosher”? What did they know about anatomy and pathology in the times of the Talmud? Join us as we address these and other questions on what may possibly be the first ever (virtual) Jewish tour of the Mütter Museum.
Featuring
Edward Reichman
Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Yeshiva University
Rabbi Edward Reichman, MD, is Professor and Clinical Attending of Emergency Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and holds the Rabbi Isaac and Bella Tendler Chair in Jewish Medical Ethics at Yeshiva University. He writes and lectures internationally in the fields of Jewish medical ethics and Jewish medical history.