Medical Collections Tour

Thank you for joining us for this special behind-the-scenes collections tour with our Collections Manager, Kristina Hampton. Watch as she talks about our unique medical collection housed by the Saint Louis Science Center.

After the video is over, you can review questions and answers from our members to Kristina.

Medical Collection Tour – Questions & Answers

Thank you for joining us last week for this special behind-the-scenes collections tour with our Collections Manager, Kristina Hampton. She talked about about our unique medical collection housed by the Saint Louis Science Center.

You submitted your questions and now Kristina is here to answer them!

Introduction from Kristina

Does the collection include Quack devices?

Does the collection contain items from the St. Louis pharmaceutical areas?

I heard St. Louis was an important medical recovery area during the Civil War. Do you have medical objects from the Civil War era?

What is your favorite piece in the medical collection, and why?

What is your favorite piece in the whole collection, and why?

What happened in STL during the Spanish Influenza Pandemic?

Are there other major medical discoveries that happened in STL besides Dr. Hornbein, and if so what are they?Are there local connections to certain medicine development?

What’s your method of keeping track of everything in house?

Thank you!