University of Aberdeen Pathology and Forensic Medicine Collection

The Pathology and Forensic Medicine Collection provides an important comprehensive and unique 20th century record of disease manifestations and traumatic pathology. It comprises of more than 2000 specimens and objects. The collections strength lies in its specimens of human tissue showing pathological conditions. The collection represents an important snapshot of disease and unnatural death during the 20th century, with particular emphasis on the middle third of the century. The fact that some disease conditions represented are no longer prevelent adds to its importence.