Lithopedion

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A lithopedion, or stone baby, is a rare phenomenon which occurs most commonly when a fetus dies during an abdominal pregnancy, is too large to be reabsorbed by the body, and calcifies on the outside as part of a foreign body reaction, shielding the mother's body from the dead tissue of the fetus and preventing infection. In 1720, 91-year-old Anna Müller insisted on her deathbed that she had been carrying a child for 46 years. She asked her pastor and the doctor to get it out after her death. The autopsy found a rock-hard structure. One opened it with a hatchet and found therein a dead fetus. The stone child was handed over to the ducal Kunstkammer in Stuttgart.

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The Museum of the University of Tübingen (MUT) has been combining the University's collections since October 2006. We provide exposure for the University in changing exhibitions and the collections for research, teaching and training purposes, and the wider public.

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