This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/30/2022
Articulated Human Skeleton in Cabinet. Circa 1920. Full-size human skeleton formerly used at the Koch Hospital for Infectious Diseases of St. Louis. Sold together with the original hardwood display cabinet, the upper portion outfitted with a retractable metal bar, and working lock and key. With minor losses and damage to bones as expected. Height (skeleton) 63”; (case) 81”. Third party transportation required. The Koch Hospital, founded in 1875, grew to enormous proportions in the nearly 100 years it operated, eventually encompassing some 19 buildings, and incorporating its own railroad siding, post office, farm, and recreational facilities. By the time it ceased operating in the early 1970s, the complex encompassed over 500 acres, including a cemetery holding the remains of some 18,000 deceased patients.