One location in the tour is the Binnengasthuis. This is where the sick people of Amsterdam were cared for, from the Middle Ages until 1981, when the Binnengasthuis hospital became the Academic Medical Centre, also known as the AMC. Giving a blood or urine sample is now a familiar way of testing our health and potentially finding a diagnosis. How has the medical testing of bodily fluids developed over the years? And how do you test brain fluid, which is separate from the blood? Neurologist Matthijs Brouwer, from the University of Amsterdam’s Faculty of Medicine, conducts research into this.
Binnengasthuis
AYA Science and Society Tour
What scientific stories are hidden behind the Amsterdam facades? Amsterdam Young Academy (AYA) presents the AYA Science <+> Society Tour, visiting eight locations in Amsterdam. Matthijs Brouwer (Amsterdam UMC) takes you to the Binnengasthuis.
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Icon image: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binnengasthuis_(Amsterdam)