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New Mütter Museum policy on human remains is a disgrace

In its campaign to preserve the dignity of the dead, the leadership of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia has forgotten how to treat the living with respect.

Guests examine two skeletons of people who had fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva at the Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia on Sept. 9, 2020.
Guests examine two skeletons of people who had fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva at the Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia on Sept. 9, 2020.Read moreELIZABETH ROBERTSON / Staff Photographer