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The Story of Humanizing the Homeless
Unhoused: Personal Stories and Public Health confronts the crisis of housing insecurity in America through the lens of public health and centers the voices of those experiencing homelessness in sharing their stories.
This special exhibition is anchored by stark yet intimate black and white portraiture from Toronto-based photographer Leah den Bok as well as a monumental artwork from Dallas-based artist Willie Baronet, whose installation is composed of hundreds of cardboard signs the artist has purchased over the past thirty years from people experiencing homelessness.
This short film by Cullen Blanchfield encapsulates the story behind Leah den Bok's work and the exhibition.
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Unhoused: Personal Stories and Public Health
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"Unhoused: Personal Stories and Public Health" confronts the crisis of housing insecurity in America through the lens of public health and centers the voices of those experiencing homelessness in sharing their stories. This special exhibition is anchored by stark yet intimate black and white portraiture from Toronto-based photographer Leah den Bok as well as a monumental artwork from Dallas-bas...
Unhoused: Personal Stories and Public Health Exhibit Installation
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Unhoused: Personal Stories and Public Health confronts the crisis of housing insecurity in America through the lens of public health and centers the voices of those experiencing homelessness in sharing their stories. This special exhibition is anchored by stark yet intimate black and white portraiture from Toronto-based photographer Leah den Bok as well as a monumental artwork from Dallas-based...
Postmortem Project Town Hall | October 17, 2023
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Postmortem: Mütter Museum Project Kick Off We are hosting a series of community meetings, workshops, and discussions to gather your input about our collective vision for the Mütter Museum. In addition to hearing from experts in ethics, museology, medical history, disability studies, and institutional genealogy, we want to hear from you-members of the larger Mütter Museum community who love and ...
Staying Positive in the Face of Adversity | My Time Inside an Iron Lung
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At just eight years old, Thomas Fetterman caught polio and was partially-paralyzed. Throughout his stays in various hospitals, including a few months in an iron lung, Thomas maintained a positive attitude. Despite his many challenges and being made aware of the fragility of life at such a young age, he did not despair, always looking for the positive aspects of his experiences. Today Thomas hel...
Overcoming a Lonely Childhood | My Time Inside an Iron Lung
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After contracting polio as a 9-year-old, Audrey King spent months in an iron lung and years in numerous English hospitals. Aside from the extreme difficulties of her physical paralysis, these experiences made it hard for her to build and maintain interpersonal relationships until adulthood. Audrey shares her moving account and how she has managed to overcome these challenges. Thank you, Audrey,...
Designing Motherhood | Virtual Tour
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Designing Motherhood was on display at the Mütter Museum from May 2021 through May 2022. Although the exhibit is no longer up, you can still enjoy it in this comprehensive virtual tour with our very own curator, Anna Dhody, and Gabriella Nelson from the Maternity Care Coalition! About the exhibit: While being born is a universal human experience, the designs that shape it are not. Many remain t...
Paralyzed by Polio at 17 | My Time Inside an Iron Lung
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At just 17 years old, Adolf Ratzka contracted polio and became paralyzed. As a result, he spent three long, lonely months in an iron lung. In the first video of our new series, "My Time Inside an Iron Lung," Adolf recounts his experiences living in an iron lung, as well as his subsequent struggle with his physical and mental health, and his determination to live a life of helping others. Thank ...
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You may have noticed that our videos all disappeared recently. Well, don't worry! Old videos will be back and exciting new videos will be released soon. Stay tuned... To support more videos like this, become a monthly donor! Visit muttr.org/monthly and select “monthly.” Follow us: Facebook: muttermuseum Twitter: muttermuseum Instagram: muttermuseum To lea...
A First Look at Dr. Seuss and Star Wars Vaccination Posters | From the Stacks
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Donate directly on CZcams or on our Giving Tüesday page: muttr.org/tues22 This year for Giving Tüesday, we wanted to share some of our newest Library acquisitions: Dr. Seuss and Star Wars themed posters used to promote and educate the public about vaccination! Join Historical Medical Library director Heidi Nance, HistoryofVaccines.org editor René Najera, Library archivist Rayna Andrews, and our...
Banned Books in the Historical Medical Library | Historical Happy Hour
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Join Historical Medical Library Director Heidi Nance as she discusses Banned Books in our Historical Medical Library. Gutenberg printed his famous Gutenberg Bible sometime between 1452 and 1455. Within less than 100 years, the church, universities, and other authorities threatened by the unprecedented rapid spread of information issued lists of prohibited works by title or author. Many of these...
How to Make a Wet Specimen Jack-o'-lantern | Mütter Crafternoon
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Are you making a jack-o'-lantern for Halloween this year? Well, we're here to help you take it to the next level. Join Curator Anna Dhody for the first in our new series, Mütter Crafternoon, for a step-by-step tutorial on how turn your regular old jack-o'-lantern into very special, very Müttery wet specimen! If you make your own wet specimen jac-o'-lantern, please post a picture to social media...
The Royal Malady of King George III | From the Stacks
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In 1789, King George III of Great Britain began displaying symptoms of mental illness. This quickly led to a power struggle known as the Regency Crisis. Amidst this political turmoil, a former courtier to king, Philip Withers, wrote a pamphlet aiming to malign the king's son and presumed successor, Prince George of Wales. Join Mütter Museum staff member Charlie Dawson to learn more about this h...
Sinhalese Palm Leaf Manuscript from 1750 | From the Stacks
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Most books today have a very specific physical form, but that wasn't always the case in many parts of the world. One type of book that might look especially peculiar to modern Western eyes is the Sinhalese palm leaf manuscripts of Sri Lanka. Join Mütter Museum staff member Kevin Diggs for a quick look at one of these fascinating books! To support more videos like this, become a monthly donor! V...
The First Japanese Parenting Books | From the Stacks
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Dr. Samuel X. Radbill was a 20th century Philadelphia pediatrician and pediatric historian, who collected historical medical literature from all over the world, many of which were donated to our Historical Medical Library. Among his international acquisitions in our collection is the Shoni Hitsuyo-ki series, Japan's first instructional books on childrearing from the 1700s. Join library staff me...
When Comic Books Were Used to Advertise Medicine | From the Stacks
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When Comic Books Were Used to Advertise Medicine | From the Stacks
An Early Advocate for Vegetarianism and Mental Health | From the Stacks
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An Early Advocate for Vegetarianism and Mental Health | From the Stacks
Flipping Through the Pages of an Educational Anatomy Book from 1661 | From the Stacks
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Flipping Through the Pages of an Educational Anatomy Book from 1661 | From the Stacks
Innovations in Art & Medicine: 500 Years of Collaborations | Bernard Behrend Lecture 2022
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Innovations in Art & Medicine: 500 Years of Collaborations | Bernard Behrend Lecture 2022
Dr. Anthony Fauci on COVID-19: Lessons Learned and Remaining Challenges | Rhoads Medal Lecture 2022
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Dr. Anthony Fauci on COVID-19: Lessons Learned and Remaining Challenges | Rhoads Medal Lecture 2022
Collecting COVID Postage Stamps from All Over the World | From the Stacks
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Collecting COVID Postage Stamps from All Over the World | From the Stacks
Going Viral: Infection through the Ages Virtual Tour
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Going Viral: Infection through the Ages Virtual Tour
Haste Makes Waste: Management a Matter of Social Equity | Science on Tap Philadelphia
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Haste Makes Waste: Management a Matter of Social Equity | Science on Tap Philadelphia
The Invention that Revolutionized Medicine
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The Invention that Revolutionized Medicine
The Beauty in Breaking: A Conversation with Dr. Michele Harper
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The Beauty in Breaking: A Conversation with Dr. Michele Harper
Marie Curie College Centennial
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Marie Curie College Centennial
Mütter’s Day at the Museum
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Mütter’s Day at the Museum
The Doctors Blackwell Book Launch
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The Doctors Blackwell Book Launch
Neighborhood Stories A Spit Spreads Death Virtual Tour of Brewerytown
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Neighborhood Stories A Spit Spreads Death Virtual Tour of Brewerytown
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Neighborhood Stories A Spit Spreads Death Virtual Tour of South Street West

Komentáře

  • @sethgardner8623
    @sethgardner8623 Před 2 dny

    Stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason. There is a lot of truth to them. Grow up, young lady.

  • @suzaynnschick158
    @suzaynnschick158 Před 4 dny

    Thank you for your beautiful work with its important goal.

  • @ustablaura579
    @ustablaura579 Před 8 dny

    I was in Philadelphia this past weekend and visited the Mütter Museum. This exhibit is very powerful. Thank you.

  • @kts8900
    @kts8900 Před 8 dny

    This makes me think of the wonderful book "The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper" by Hallie Rubenhold which focuses on women devastated by poverty, by alcohol dependence, and by a system which considered any impoverished woman to be sexually degenerate by default despite no evidence of this.

  • @BaronFeydRautha
    @BaronFeydRautha Před 8 dny

    "Mother" Teresa was a monster that delighted in the suffering of others. She siphoned away what little poor people had to the coffers of the catholic church. She created houses of suffering for the poor. She was a sadistic monster.

  • @texascajun4023
    @texascajun4023 Před 8 dny

    This is absolutely beautiful! Blessings to all involved. 🙏😇🙏

  • @bobbylee2853
    @bobbylee2853 Před 8 dny

    “Whatsoever you do to the least of thy brother’s, that you do unto me.” Some guy.

  • @CullenBlanchfield
    @CullenBlanchfield Před 8 dny

    I'm so grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with this team and create this film!

  • @enchilada_0
    @enchilada_0 Před 25 dny

    him saying "narse" sounds like an aussie accent saying nose

  • @harrydexter4000
    @harrydexter4000 Před 28 dny

    pls share this I'm here to testify on how i was cured from Herpes 1&2 with the use of herbs. I got the herbs from @Drapalahealing…….

  • @texascajun4023
    @texascajun4023 Před měsícem

    Yall have great chemistry🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂

  • @aldamcmillan4632
    @aldamcmillan4632 Před měsícem

    I am so sad we have lost you now in 2024. You lived a remarkable life Adolf. You are honoured in my memory. I learned about this video from a dear friend of yours. I am glad to have seen this and to have heard of you from said friend. All blessings be yours in your new adventure on the other side of the veil. ♥🐘🙏

  • @MrsAdams21
    @MrsAdams21 Před měsícem

    3:09 A terrible mouth infection? Gum disease? Something untreated in the gums? Im going to see the next video and see what it is lol

  • @carlycharlesworth1497
    @carlycharlesworth1497 Před 2 měsíci

    These two together are so, so funny! They work together so very well. Also, I think that that wooden device is an old fashioned stethoscope.

  • @cindyk4294
    @cindyk4294 Před 2 měsíci

    Hoof and mouth disease?

  • @edithaviland8461
    @edithaviland8461 Před 2 měsíci

    Wow

  • @JenniferMiner-xo9nu
    @JenniferMiner-xo9nu Před 2 měsíci

    I got the privilege of seeing this every day while growing up this came from my family farm it was always so beautiful thanks for having this online i have tears in my eyes seeing it again. We never knew it was going away forever thank you for sharing

  • @Minnastina
    @Minnastina Před 2 měsíci

    Syphilis or herpes?!?!

  • @jenussix1960
    @jenussix1960 Před 2 měsíci

    This is a facinating channel.....i cant understand why you brought that hating dipshit onto it.... that jerk just runs everything down.... try someone younger with an open mind....who has alot more emotional maturity...this would be alot better.

  • @Shadowman-1960
    @Shadowman-1960 Před 3 měsíci

    Syphilis.

  • @madisonwood2006
    @madisonwood2006 Před 3 měsíci

    👍 'PromoSM'

  • @rugbybeef
    @rugbybeef Před 3 měsíci

    44:56 To be clear, 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰, this is not the first building named after an African American in the city. There was the Douglas Hospital already serving the Black community opened in 1895 (as discussed in this very presentation at timepoint 23:44). It is stated that the Frederick Douglas Memorial Hospital at 1530-1534 Lombard St. was "named in honor of the great abolitionist [Douglas] and founded by Dr. Nathan Mossell who was the first African American graduate of the Penn Medical School ... he founded the hospital in 1895 to provide medical care to the Black community. And training, that was also very important for doctors and nurses who were excluded elsewhere." As for the second assertion, this too would not be the first building primarily known and memorialized primarily due to its association with a Black woman. The "[Jacob] Albright House" built in 1858 and historically designated in 1978 officially has since its construction been colloquially known as the "Betsy Ross House". The association is tenuous and merely due to Albright and Ross's granddaughter marrying in 1840 and his being one of the eventual building's original owners when later built. However given it has maintained that association lthough not historically marked and a tenuous connection due only to her granddaughter, Rachel Wilson, in 1840 marrying the owner of the structure built in 1858 known as the "[Jacob] Albright House" constructed in 1858. Given it was constructed and associated with a Black woman 96 years before the Marian Anderson Recreation Center, this also is from a later era where Black women's contributions were also being memorialized for posterity. When I was a young child (in the 1980s), my father (a former Philadelphia police officer) noted the Marian Anderson Recreation Center and its significance as a public pool that served the Black community. The importance and significance of a such a rec center was lost on me at the time. Only with the recent recognition of these sites by Heather McGhee in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘴: 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘙𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘊𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘞𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 did I come to see how significant accessible and integrated public works serving the Black community were. The Mütter might help acknowledge that message through a focus on differing aspects of medical racism ranging from the unethical, nonconsensual, and invasive experimentation, anthropometry, and medical biases and fears rooted unfairly in racist beliefs about human health and disease from wrong headed beliefs about pain tolerance, intelligence, and atavistic, eugenic beliefs, through racist and xenophobic beliefs as Irish, Chinese, Italian, and Black folks moved to the city and their "dirtiness" compared to the "sanitation" societies only recently adopted in Western medicine comparatively centuries behind Eastern sanitation and medical practice at the time, mid-century examples including Great Society developments like Medicaid/Medicare compared to poorhouses, the development of global disease eradication efforts such as the Peace Corps (in which my mother participated), "Chinese Restaurant Syndrome", Tuskegee, Lacks, and the extremely timely reemergence of racialized medical discrimination in renal dialysis and transplantation (which I have extensive experience with), AI-induced medical racism (such as by Optum in its development of hospital stay algorithms fir United Healthcare), and the debate over gametes, hormones, chromosomes, or collective emergent social roots of gender and sex. As a medical researcher and a newly minted X-gendered Philadelphian, I have direct personal knowledge of these later issues and advocating within an insurer for the elimination of trans exclusionary policies and my family has extensive knowledge to share. Regarding Devil's Pocket, the pocketwatch story is what rings bells for me, and it should be noted that the Devil's Pocket was historically a extremely insular Irish neighborhood through much of the 20th century. My father tells a story of a police officer who found himself isolated there drawing his weapon defensively while guarding a Black (possibly suburban) family who had parked their car there with the intention of walking over the South Street Bridge to attend the Penn Relays. Googling it now I find no mention of this incident, but in my recollection local residents menaced the officer and family until reinforcements arrived responding to a radio call. Due to the neighborhood's configuration it is extremely difficult with Philly's one-way network for any vehicular traffic let alone emergency services to navigate that area. I can ask Dad for details on this event as well. Hell, maybe you can help us locate the Black man my father delivered (I believe in a taxicab) as a police officer. His mother was unable to get to a hospital to deliver the child while on patrol in the early 1960s. After the delivery, the mother asked my father his name and declared her newborn would be named "Xxxxxxxx Yyyyy" where Xxxxxxxx was our very Italian surname and the child's last name was the mother's more typically Black surname. I have looked in the past without success. Oh also, Frank Bender as an advisor to the Philadelphia police dept and his innovative artistic techniques which used the very problematic anthropometry earlier mentioned to help guide him in rendering sculptural possible likenesses of victims of unsolved crimes. Bender was a family friend and as a child my father and he would get together regularly including in his studio (not far from Devil's Pocket in fact) where he worked. Speaking to that, Dad also helped found and educate in the use of polygraphy and its use as an investigative and pre-employment tool, a practice that was reinstated after a brief stoppage and remains in use to qualify or disqualify Philadelphia police applicants today. That also raises the specter of his Vidocq involvements, the recently solved "boy in the box" mystery and the stubbornly unsolved death of Nizah Morris and her missing homocide investigative file. Please reach out about any and all of this, we would be honored to discuss any of it. ~ (two one five) Phil six eight one Cochetti three two two six .

  • @monicahyland8641
    @monicahyland8641 Před 3 měsíci

    Hinjew ❤❤❤ love it Im ILGREEKENANASE 😂

  • @emiliewhite9956
    @emiliewhite9956 Před 3 měsíci

    VD

  • @creativelygrowingcreativity

    I'm a very amused Christian 😂and "I've been infested by Christians?" Had me rolling 😂!

  • @ToniHunterOne
    @ToniHunterOne Před 4 měsíci

    The man appears to have tertiary syphilis

  • @rsin-uh9ec
    @rsin-uh9ec Před 4 měsíci

    I LIVE IN THE CITY OF PHILA PA BORN IN THE HOSPITAL OF ST MARY'S LOCATION FISHTOWN THANKS FOR THE VIDEO I HAVE LEARNED A LOT AND THEN SOME THANKS AGAIN ROBBIE PHILADELPHIA PA FISHTOWN

  • @TheTaste-bv4pd
    @TheTaste-bv4pd Před 4 měsíci

    Oh, Mike 😢

  • @1977fala
    @1977fala Před 5 měsíci

    What happened to the videos? Why you guys stopped posting them?

  • @shanacurtis4379
    @shanacurtis4379 Před 5 měsíci

    Am i missing the video where we get the answer or did these videos just stop being made?

  • @adrianh332
    @adrianh332 Před 5 měsíci

    Excellent but very much spoiled by the dreadful music which drowns out the voices .

  • @ObjectiveZoomer
    @ObjectiveZoomer Před 5 měsíci

    4:25 everybody gets that part wrong. Every doctor put their ear up to a woman's chest to listen to their heart at that time. The reason he didn't was because that woman that he was looking at was particularly gross lol

  • @ACCOMPLISHEDSHEIS
    @ACCOMPLISHEDSHEIS Před 5 měsíci

    It seems like these medicated machines, like all meds just worsen one’s condition. Just wish folks knew about vegan and plant based diets.

  • @ColRAPR
    @ColRAPR Před 5 měsíci

    Outstanding !!

  • @lizziesangi1602
    @lizziesangi1602 Před 5 měsíci

    Seriously, homeless people should not stay away from a Dr and getting medication. There are free clinics. Zoloft name brand NO GENERIC saved me. Please don't be afraid to get help with head meds 🌹✝️🌹

  • @Kenkire
    @Kenkire Před 5 měsíci

    Through no fault of my own, I was homeless for 10 years. I was 19, a mother of 3, and taking care of a disabled mother. I was evicted because I was an unwed teen mother. I spent a lot of time couchsurfing. I lost my kids a year later. They grew up in foster care because no one would rent to me because of the eviction and because I lost the court case to appeal the eviction (The lawyer told me to just not show up to court making it an automatic loss) My kids were subjected to so much trauma in foster care, they developed severe and persistent mental illnesses. I was given the opportunity to have a home again by a wonderful human and my life was mostly restored. My kids are still estranged from me sadly. Because of a group of religious a**holes, I lost it all.

  • @jonathanporter79
    @jonathanporter79 Před 5 měsíci

    If you have the opportunity to go to the Mütter Museum I highly recommend going. After seeing the place on the Discovery Channel and similar channels for many years, actually seeing it with my own eyes, in person, was wonderful. Seeing this exhibit was an added bonus. Thanks for all you do.

  • @wannabe41
    @wannabe41 Před 5 měsíci

    I love this idea! I worked with homeless veterans for several years. I wish there was a way to view the exhibit virtually.

  • @erinmalone2669
    @erinmalone2669 Před 6 měsíci

    I really don’t feel like that had enough time paid to it. It looks like a Venetian blind that red like a card catalog, but should’ve been red like it was placed out in a long table. I want to know what it says on the table. Everything that is written is written away thatis giving favor to the writer because of the writing instrument. I really want to know what is on those pages.😊

  • @erinmalone2669
    @erinmalone2669 Před 6 měsíci

    OK this video is nine years old but I am a non-medical interested party and I want to visit this museum. I really want a docent to give me every story along the way. This is all too fascinating and horrifying to not have a story or what would’ve caused the necrotizing fasciitis. Was it syphilis? Was it taken in the face? Was it a trip to Africa and a snake bite? I love whatever you are presenting, so keep them coming even though you’re nine years too late or I am nine years too early.

  • @tracytrebilcox
    @tracytrebilcox Před 6 měsíci

    As someone who is low-vision, I had hoped that there would've been audio description. The music is pretty, though.

  • @danm8662
    @danm8662 Před 6 měsíci

    95% ethanol (190 proof grain alcohol) , white vinegar, and glycerin makes for a much better fixative

  • @Lwah0812
    @Lwah0812 Před 6 měsíci

    I just watched ANNA ON Mike Rowe’s video from 9 years ago and absolutely love Anna and now I am addicted to her shows even though she is more serious in them. This museum has been added to my bucket list.

  • @arnoldcohen1250
    @arnoldcohen1250 Před 6 měsíci

    Belladonna an atropine like drug was used decrease intestinal motility, cramping.

  • @ARcrossroads
    @ARcrossroads Před 7 měsíci

    A stand for a casket

  • @sallyh4466
    @sallyh4466 Před 7 měsíci

    Even though details was not true, it seems realistic!!

  • @Strega4646
    @Strega4646 Před 7 měsíci

    Grooming and misogynistic Abrahamic religion...