Mole Fat and Monkey Testicles: Can Animals Cure Humans? is an evening event held at Medical Museion in Copenhagen, Denmark. It takes place on 4 November, running from 19:00 to 21:00, and is listed as a conference-style gathering.
The question at its heart is an old one. The programme explores whether animals, and parts of their bodies such as mole fat and monkey testicles, have been used to heal people, and whether they could be used in that way in future. It is a topic that sits where history of medicine meets present-day debate about how treatments are found and tested.
What to expect
- An evening discussion focused on animals as a source of medical remedies
- A look at the past use of animal body parts, and whether it could return
- A setting at Medical Museion, a museum of medicine and its history
Because the event is a single evening of about two hours, it suits visitors already interested in medicine, history or the ethics of animal use, and those who want a focused talk rather than a day of exhibits.
Around the venue
Medical Museion is in Copenhagen, a compact city where museums, cafés and waterside streets are easy to reach on foot. Arriving a little early would leave time to look around the museum before the event begins, and an evening visit makes it easy to combine the talk with dinner elsewhere in the city.