Don’t visit this museum, named for an early 19th-century physician, if you’re going to the doctor anytime soon. Considered America’s finest museum of medical history, this is a collection of medical instruments and preserved anatomical specimens. The Mütter Museum wants visitors to appreciate both the beauty and the mysterious elements of their own bodies — but some of these exhibitions from the past may send you running for the door. ⁠ ⁠ There’s the Soap Lady, for example, a woman whose body was exhumed in 1875. She’s encased in a fatty substance which sometimes forms in certain alkaline, airless and warm conditions—such as being buried. It’s thought that she died during a yellow fever epidemic, which is frightening enough. But it’s her toothless mouth, open as if she’s screaming, that’s the most disturbing. Other exhibits feature instruments used for bleeding patients, removing excess bodily fluids, slides cut from Einstein's brain and more. The excellent museum has significant educa...