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These human hands from the 19th-century collection of Dr. Thomas Dent Mütter show the effects of a condition called gout — an ailment Mütter suffered from himself later in life.

Inside The Mütter Museum Of Philadelphia, Where Some Of History’s Strangest Medical Oddities Are On Display

From President Cleveland’s tumor to Albert Einstein’s brain, the Mütter Museum at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia holds an array of macabre anatomical curiosities.

The Soap Lady is the name given to this mummified woman whose body was exhumed in Philadelphia in 1875. The corpse is unique because a fatty substance called adipocere encases the remains — essentially turning her into soap. Harry Fisher/Allentown Morning Call/MCT via Getty Images

The skeleton of conjoined twins.

Happy birthday, Barnum Brown! Known as one of the greatest dinosaur collectors of all time, Barnum Brown helped the Museum establish its world-class fossil collection. Brown’s extraordinary fossil-hunting career—which took him from his family's farm in the American Midwest to the world’s top fossil sites and to the halls of the Museum—included the discovery of the first skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex.