On the 31st of May 2018 took place the grand opening of Museum of Medical History, part of the Ioannina University.
In the Museum of Medical History, inspired by Professor Stefanos Geroulanos, the visitor will observe, in more than 12 showrooms, more than 20.000 medical tools and old infirmaries.
Its exhibits include medical collections (an almost complete military campaign surgery), stamps of medical interest as well as pictures and representations of religious medical themes.
In one of the showrooms, the visitor will find exhibits of war disabled people and doctor costumes from the bubonic plague era.
For the accurate representation of the medical exhibits and especially the artificial body parts, the Museum was equipped with the Flexible Museum Mannequins of Angelina Mannequins Shopfitting Co.
Due to the particularity of the exhibits, the Flexible Museum Mannequins has proven to be the ideal choice, allowing the utter realistic representation as well as excellent fit which is essential for the understanding of usage of those historic items.
The Flexible Museum Mannequins has been also used for showing the Plague Doctor costume, dated back in the 17th/18th century.
The garments were invented by Charles de L'Orme in 1620 and were first used in Paris, but later spread to be used throughout Europe. The protective suit consisted of a light, waxed fabric overcoat, a mask with glass eye openings and a beak shaped nose, typically stuffed with herbs, straw, and spices. Plague doctors would also commonly carry a cane to examine and direct patients without the need to make direct contact with the patient
The Museum Mannequins of Angelina Mannequins Shopfitting Co. are capable of holding objects, a feature that allows realistic representation of historical sceneries.
