title: [The history of the Charité Pathology Museum, Berlin. 2. The collection of deformed specimens ("monsters")].
abstract: The collection of human and animal anomalies which was legally required in Prussia in the 18th and 19th centuries is described. A governmental order given to physicians in 1776, initiated the collection. The regulations were further elaborated later. The actual working of the program is illustrated using examples and the route by which such preparations reached the Pathologic Museum, opened in 1899 in the Charité, is described.
mesh_terms: D009008:Abnormalities, Severe Teratoid / Q000266:history* / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D001604:Berlin; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical / Q000266:history; D009144:Museums / Q000266:history*; D010336:Pathology / Q000266:history
vernacular_title: Zur Geschichte des Pathologischen Museums der Charité Berlin. 2. Mitteilung: Die Sammlung von Missbildungspräparaten ("Monstra").