The Indiana Medical History Museum is an Indiana monument to the beginning of psychiatric medical research. It is located on the grounds of what was formerly Central Indiana Hospital for the Insane. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 25, 1972, as the Old Pathology Building.
It is the United States' oldest surviving pathology laboratory.
Read more about Indiana Medical History Museum: History, Museum, Gallery
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