✔ Class excursion to the Royal Academy of Medicine of Catalunya From the 18th century, the building houses several classrooms where dissections of human corpses were performed (Gross, but for medical advancement!). The largest room, Sala Gimbernat, was a medical amphitheater where Catalan medical doctors and students viewed dissections to learn human anatomy. 👨‍⚕️ Interestingly, a lot of the interior design and furniture didn't exist in the 18th century; all of the rooms were of stone. Also, there's a church inside of the building because seeing the insides of bodies seemed...unholy. Surgical tools were also washed with holy water! #UMBCAbroad #UMBCInternational