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Tuesday, March 15, 2016
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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In this evening of scintillating discussion, Dr. Grant T. Liu and Anna Dhody will address some of the medical aspects of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland specifcally, a neurological condition called "Alice in Wonderland Syndrome,"? in which the affected person's perception of their size is distorted, as well as the effects of mercury poisoning, as suffered by characters in the book, such as the Mad Hatter.
This event is part of a series of events celebrating the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland.
Your event ticket includes complimentary admission to the Mütter Museum from 5PM-6:30PM on March 15.
This event is co-sponsored by The Mütter Museum and The Rosenbach (www.rosenbach.org).
Anna Dhody, an experienced physical and forensic anthropologist, is curator of the Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Ms. Dhody has curated many exhibits; including Grimms' Anatomy: Magic and Medicine 1812 2012, The Evolution of Birth, Reading the Dead: How Forensic Anthropologists Study Skeletons to Solve Mysteries and The Mütter Ossuary. She is the author of "The Underground Crime Scene: The Use of Archaeological Excavation Techniques in the Recovery of Buried Crime Scene Evidence, a manual currently used by law enforcement agencies in several countries. In 2014, she became the Director of the Mütter Institute, the research arm of the Mütter Museum, while retaining the title of Mütter Curator.
Dr. Grant T. Liu is a Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine and the Raymond G. Perelman Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Lui received his medical degree from Columbia University. He completed a residency at the Harvard-Longwood Neurology Program and a neuro-ophthalmology fellowship at the Bascom-Palmer Eye Institute. He was appointed Division Chief in 2012. Although he sees both adults and children with neuro-ophthalmic problems, his special interest is in pediatric neuro-ophthalmology. His clinical research interests include optic pathway gliomas, pediatric pseudotumor cerebri syndrome, and optic neuritis in children. Dr. Liu was recently featured in a New York Times article about "Alice in Wonderland Syndrome."?
This event is part of a series of events celebrating the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland.
Your event ticket includes complimentary admission to the Mütter Museum from 5PM-6:30PM on March 15.
This event is co-sponsored by The Mütter Museum and The Rosenbach (www.rosenbach.org).
Anna Dhody, an experienced physical and forensic anthropologist, is curator of the Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Ms. Dhody has curated many exhibits; including Grimms' Anatomy: Magic and Medicine 1812 2012, The Evolution of Birth, Reading the Dead: How Forensic Anthropologists Study Skeletons to Solve Mysteries and The Mütter Ossuary. She is the author of "The Underground Crime Scene: The Use of Archaeological Excavation Techniques in the Recovery of Buried Crime Scene Evidence, a manual currently used by law enforcement agencies in several countries. In 2014, she became the Director of the Mütter Institute, the research arm of the Mütter Museum, while retaining the title of Mütter Curator.
Dr. Grant T. Liu is a Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine and the Raymond G. Perelman Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Lui received his medical degree from Columbia University. He completed a residency at the Harvard-Longwood Neurology Program and a neuro-ophthalmology fellowship at the Bascom-Palmer Eye Institute. He was appointed Division Chief in 2012. Although he sees both adults and children with neuro-ophthalmic problems, his special interest is in pediatric neuro-ophthalmology. His clinical research interests include optic pathway gliomas, pediatric pseudotumor cerebri syndrome, and optic neuritis in children. Dr. Liu was recently featured in a New York Times article about "Alice in Wonderland Syndrome."?
