@bonemuseum: We’re often asked how we would feel if it were our bodies on display in the museum. Today, we’re sharing the answer: when the opportunity presents itself, we do keep parts of ourselves in the collection. These are the tonsils of the Bone Museum’s current managing director, preserved after his tonsillectomy and now formally accessioned for display. Like many historical medical specimens, they were preserved not for spectacle, but for study and education. The tonsils are shown using two common tissue-preservation techniques. The first is wax (paraffin) embedding, a process that stabilizes soft tissue so it can be cut into ultra-thin sections without damaging its structure. This method is fundamental in histology and pathology, allowing scientists and students to examine tissue organization at a microscopic level. The second is a dyed microscopic slide, created by staining those thin sections with dyes that bind to specific cellular components. Staining makes otherwise transparent tissue visible, highlighting structures like nuclei, connective tissue, blood vessels, and immune cells, details that are essential for diagnosis and research. At the Bone Museum we believe in open accessibility. These tonsils are not anonymous, they belong to someone who chose to contribute their own body to the museum’s mission of making the study of osteology more accessible.

MuddyWhaters&Co :

Fun Fact: Tonsils can regrow. Had mine removed twice, twenty-one years apart.

🕯 :

“Unfortunately still alive” same 😂

Brigantine :

do people NOT want their bones on display???

Kuo Andrew :

Changing the name to The Meat & Bone Museum!!

illi mcmillin!! :

unrelated but dudes outfit is so swag and whimsical

Logan BerryBoosh🍉🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 :

what you mean "unfortunately because im still alive" dont get me wrong, its a mood and I am right there with you.

Caitycakes23 :

“Unfortunately still alive” -every millennial when asked how they’re doing

AppleDapple :

I have had alot of things removed and they never let me keep it!! I ask nicely and I always get told no :'(

ostrov :

damn i love your videos

GingerPM🇨🇦 :

I would love it! and I do want my brain studied.

Eduardo Rosa :

ok ok, but changing the subject here, what a cool outfit you're wearing! I wish I had the money to buy something like that to wear out in public.

Suzanna Stone :

also, the suit 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Krav :

Just a fellow adult who also had their tonsils out when I was 26. Ouch! But, years later totally worth it. No more strep for me!

ArtemisBlvck :

Love it! Also your jacket is impeccable

Meggs :

You’re doing great for 2-weeks of healing. I suffered for 3 weeks before feeling any sense of good.

mrs.Trick :

If my bones could further education, I don't care if they were displayed. even if it was too further, other people's curiosity, maybe that person's curiosity as a child / young adult would grow into a doctor/scientist. it would be like giving back to the community after i'm dead.

john anagnostou :

no I would like my bones to be on display not like because of illegal doings but I would feel like a fossil who doesn't like that

Hank :

Coffee_And_Spite🏳️‍⚧️ :

I'd like my bones and muscles to be on display. I'm double jointed/hyper flexible so it would be educational

pastrypackedpassport :

Same, once at 3 yo once at 22

Marit 安娜 :

Who is this diva

Linda :

I tried to donate. I am disabled with spine issues. But the truth is that many people are dealing with pain and deformities of the spine. Some people are going on with their lives like nothing ever happened. Where do you meet and if you need a place, let this be your bulletin board!

Sir.Dafs :

that's awesome actually

Arnulfo villa :

that's a dope suit

Vemund :

Love how that man dresses