Indiana Medical History Museum (Pathology Building)
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The Old Pathology Building, now the Indiana Medical History Museum, is the oldest freestanding pathology laboratory in the country, located at 3045 W. Vermont St. It contains bacteriology, histology, and clinical chemistry laboratories, as well as a teaching amphitheater, anatomical museum, and an autopsy room. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, the building was designed by Adolph Scherrer and constructed by the John A. Schumacher Company.
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Indiana Medical History Museum
Early History: 1840’s-1900’s
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