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Pathologisch-anatomisches BundesmuseumPathologisch-anatomisches Bundesmuseum (Federal Museum of Pathology and Anatomy), largest and oldest collection of its kind, founded by Pasqual Joseph von (see)Ferro in 1796. The collection's approx. 50.000 exhibits comprise predominantly fluid-preserved and macerated pathological specimens and moulages (wax-paraffin casts), medical instruments and apparatus and a large number of animal specimens. The Museum forms part of the Austrian (see)Federal Museums and has been housed in the (see)Narrenturm in the old part of the Vienna General Hospital since 1971. Literature: K. Portele, Führer durch das Pathologisch-anatomische Bundesmuseum, 1985.
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